A game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over

• (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
• The playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
• Terrible crime? Wrong - a blag! In the end was seen to be a non-event

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bowling refers to a series of sports or leisure activities in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball towards a target. It is one of the major forms of throwing sports . In pin bowling variations, the target is usually to knock over pins at the end ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling 2 (label en New England) candlepin bowling. 3 Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors. 4 (label en cricket) The action ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, originally "playing at bowls ," verbal noun from bowl (v.). Bowling alley is from 1550s.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bowling alley bowling ball bowling green lawn bowling tenpin bowling COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE fast ▪ He never gives in and that's half the battle in fast bowling . ▪ The fast bowling tactic has worked. ▪ ...