: 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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The new design turned the typical shape of a baseball bat into something more closely resembling a bowling pin.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The company’s founders just never imagined that shape would resemble a bowling pin.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The bat is thinnest at the handle, then widens out at the barrel, then slims down toward the tip—sort of like a bowling pin.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
That includes a big expansion of premium formats, to bars, eateries and activities from axe throwing to bowling that have been boosting regional chains.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The company’s founders just never imagined that shape would resemble a bowling pin.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The bat is thinnest at the handle, then widens out at the barrel, then slims down toward the tip—sort of like a bowling pin.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
That includes a big expansion of premium formats, to bars, eateries and activities from axe throwing to bowling that have been boosting regional chains.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bowling
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 24 Apr. 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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