bowling

[ boh-ling ]

noun

1. any of several games in which players standing at one end of an alley or green roll balls at standing objects or toward a mark at the other end, especially a game in which a heavy ball is rolled from one end of a wooden alley at wooden pins set up at the opposite end. Compare boccie, candlepins ( def 2 ), duckpins ( def 2 ), lawn bowling, ninepins ( def 1 ), tenpins ( def 1 ).
2. the game of bowls; lawn bowling.
3. an act or instance of playing or participating in any such game:

   Bowling is a pleasant way to exercise.

bowling

/ ˈbəʊlɪŋ /

noun

1. any of various games in which a heavy ball is rolled down a special alley, usually made of wood, at a group of wooden pins, esp the games of tenpin bowling (tenpins) and skittles (ninepins)
2. the game of bowls
3. cricket the act of delivering the ball to the batsman
4. modifier of or relating to bowls or bowling

   a bowling team

Word History and Origins

Origin of bowling¹

First recorded in 1525–35; bowl ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Robert D. Putnam’s 2000 book “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community,” which surveys how Americans have become increasingly disconnected from each other with the decline of social institutions like bowling leagues, had been a big influence in Schur’s crafting of “Parks and Recreation” and Leslie Knope’s guiding principle.

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On Thursday, Wendy Dio and her friends and supporters will hold the annual Bowl for Ronnie celebrity tournament at Pinz Bowling Center in Studio City.

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Although Ford has attended the bowling event in the past, she’ll have to miss this year’s tournament due to a tour date in Cincinnati.

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That event, along with this year’s bowling party and all the other Stand Up and Shout fundraisers, features TV/radio personality Eddie Trunk as the host.

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Lest anyone think the bowling event is just a party, Trunk — who also bowls in the tournament — says some of the participants take the competition very seriously.

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