Game with strikes and a ball

• The playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
• A game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over
• It hurts to wear jewellery in this game

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Bowling " is the twentieth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Malcolm in the Middle and the show's 36th episode overall. The episode originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 1, 2001. The episode was written ...

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

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. ▪ ...

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.

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 ...