Bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
I go bowling for relaxation.
2. uncountable noun
In a sport such as cricket, bowling is the action or activity of bowling the ball towards the batsman.
bowling in British English
(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
bowling in American English
(ˈboʊlɪŋ)
noun
1.
a game in which a heavy ball is bowled along a wooden lane in an attempt to knock over ten large wooden pins that are set upright at the far end
If the batsman likes quick bowling, bowl it slower.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There's a bowling alley with a glass wall giving sea views.
The Sun (2017)
To the local bowling alley.
The Sun (2016)
My company pays for regular staff nights out and I first got together with my colleague when we went bowling.
The Sun (2016)
The only changes England will make for the second Test will be to their bowling attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is a proven batsman against slow bowling.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
To judge a bowling attack on its potency is always dangerous at the home of cricket.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The bowling alley is no time to introduce process management or control systems.
Geoffrey A. Moore INSIDE THE TORNADO: MARKETING STRATEGIES FROM SILICON VALLEY'S CUTTING EDGE (2001)
You do not want to go bowling in as if you have been there years.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
From all this we can infer a leadership profile that contrasts starkly with the bowling alley.
Geoffrey A. Moore INSIDE THE TORNADO: MARKETING STRATEGIES FROM SILICON VALLEY'S CUTTING EDGE (2001)
This is the kind of wicket where you normally go after the bowling and play your strokes.
The Sun (2008)
All this has transpired for want of spending some time in the bowling alley.
Geoffrey A. Moore INSIDE THE TORNADO: MARKETING STRATEGIES FROM SILICON VALLEY'S CUTTING EDGE (2001)
We are playing the bowling game.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Their bowling attack looked too strong.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We get on really well and like talking about cricket, bowling and figuring out opponents.
The Sun (2016)
If you think his bowling action is unusual, you have not seen his batting.
The Sun (2006)
In this bowling game you swing your iPhone to bowl.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He received treatment for more than five minutes in the middle and his introduction to the bowling attack was delayed until the ninth over.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A slightly improved bowling action will give him better control and more confidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The bowling action commonly sees cricketers put up to 10 times their body weight through the joints below the waist.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
An equally big sin is to have mastered the skills through bowling in county cricket rather than being taken under the England wing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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In other languages
bowling
British English: bowling /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/ NOUN
Bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
I go bowling for relaxation.
American English: bowling
Arabic: لَعْبَة البولينْج
Brazilian Portuguese: boliche
Chinese: 保龄球
Croatian: kuglanje
Czech: bowling
Danish: bowling
Dutch: bowling
European Spanish: bolos juego
Finnish: keilailu
French: bowling
German: Bowling
Greek: μπόουλινγκ
Italian: bowling
Japanese: ボウリング
Korean: 볼링
Norwegian: bowling
Polish: kręglarstwo
European Portuguese: bowling
Romanian: bowling
Russian: игра в кегли
Latin American Spanish: bolos
Swedish: bowling
Thai: โบว์ลิ่ง
Turkish: bowling
Ukrainian: боулінг
Vietnamese: trò chơi bowling
All related terms of 'bowling'
bowl
A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example , for serving or eating food from, or in cooking , while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning .
bowling bag
a bag for carrying a bowling ball and often bowling shoes or other equipment
bowling alley
A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
bowling ball
A ball is a round object that is used in games such as tennis , baseball , football , basketball , and cricket .
bowling green
A bowling green is an area of very smooth , short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.
bowling match
a game of bowls
lawn bowling
a game played on a smooth lawn with wooden balls, which are rolled to stop as near as possible to a target ball (the jack )
bowling crease
a line marked at the wicket , over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
carpet bowling
a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet , at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
tenpin bowling
a bowling game in which heavy bowls are rolled down a long lane to knock over the ten target pins at the other end
five-pin bowling
a bowling game using five pins , played esp in Canada
ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling is a game in which you try to knock down ten objects shaped like bottles by rolling a heavy ball towards them. It is usually played in a place called a bowling alley .
crown green bowling
(in Britain) bowls played on a crown green
bowl out
In a sport such as cricket , if a team is bowled out , each player in that team has had to stop batting and leave the pitch and there is nobody left to bat.
bowl over
To bowl someone over means to push them and make them fall to the ground.
seam bowler
a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
Chinese translation of 'bowling'
bowling
(ˈbəulɪŋ)
n(u)
(= game) 保龄(齡)球 (bǎolíngqiú)
to go bowling打保龄(齡)球 (dǎ bǎolíngqiú)
Seebowls
All related terms of 'bowling'
bowl
( container for eating ) 碗 wǎn [ 个(個) gè ]
bowling alley
( building ) 保龄(齡)球球道 bǎolíngqiú qiúdào [ 条(條) tiáo ]