bowling
noun /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/
/ˈbəʊlɪŋ/
[uncountable]- enlarge imagea game in which players roll heavy balls (called bowls) along a special track towards a group of pins (= objects that are like bottles in shape) and try to knock over as many of them as possible
- Let's go bowling on Saturday.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pro
- professional
- duckpin
- …
- go
- ball
- pin
- alley
- …
- (in cricket) the action of the bowler in throwing the ball towards the batsman
- a brilliant display of fast bowling
- McArthur opened the bowling on the first day of the match.
- England were no match for the Indian bowling attack.