: any of several games in which balls are rolled (as on a green or down an alley) at an object or group of objects
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She watches bowling on TV.
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Pleasanton’s indoor cricket batting facility – the largest of its kind in the country – offers indoor cricket lanes ($70 per hour) and bowling machines ($45).
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Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Ten Paw Alley™: Family-style bowling with pint-sized bowling balls.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
In early December 2024, 40-year-old French sailor Charlie Dalin had Antarctica and icebergs to starboard, and behind him lurked a monstrous storm, barreling across the great swath of the Southern Ocean like an atmospheric bowling ball.
—George Allen, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
After making his comeback by strengthening Bengal’s bowling attack with a seven-wicket haul to claim victory against Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Ten Paw Alley™: Family-style bowling with pint-sized bowling balls.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
In early December 2024, 40-year-old French sailor Charlie Dalin had Antarctica and icebergs to starboard, and behind him lurked a monstrous storm, barreling across the great swath of the Southern Ocean like an atmospheric bowling ball.
—George Allen, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
After making his comeback by strengthening Bengal’s bowling attack with a seven-wicket haul to claim victory against Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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bowling
noun
bowl·ing
ˈbō-liŋ 
1
: a game played by rolling balls so as to knock down pins set up at the far end of an alley
2
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