bool

/ bʊl /

noun

1. a bowling bowl
2. a playing marble
3. plural the game of bowls or marbles

verb

1. to play bowls

Word History and Origins

Origin of bool¹

Scot variant of bowl ²

Example Sentences

Rich Bool was already noticing more staff working from home, even before the latest restrictions.

From BBC

"It can be so difficult trying to work out from one week to the next what stocks and sandwiches you need," says Mr Bool.

From BBC

Mr Bool now even visits some customers at their homes.

From BBC

"Grief is a bool hunt," Lisey tells Dara in a moment of quiet, adding, "My prize is learning how to be alone, which is not much of a prize."

From Salon

In the present Lisey sorts the pain of her loss through a game of sorts that Scott leaves for her called a "Bool Hunt," kind of a scavenger stroll from clue to clue that ends with a prize.

From Salon