It has balls and strikes

• (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
• With five pin, Invention our T. Ryan
• Terrible crime? Wrong - a blag! In the end was seen to be a non-event
• A game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over
• The playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc

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 ...

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. ▪ ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bowling \Bowl"ing\, n. The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins. Bowling alley , a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins. Bowling green , a level piece of greensward or smooth ground ...

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 ...

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