bowl

³bowl

verb

Definition of BOWL

intransitive verb

1

a : to participate in a game of bowling b : to roll a ball in bowling

2

: to travel smoothly and rapidly (as in a wheeled vehicle)

transitive verb

1

a : to roll (a ball) in bowling b (1) : to complete by bowling <bowl a string> (2) : to score by bowling <bowls 150>

2

: to strike with a swiftly moving object

Examples of BOWL

1. I don't think I can bowl a 12-pound ball.
2. We bowl every Thursday night.
3. Do you like to bowl?
4. I haven't bowled since I was a kid.
5. She usually bowls around 150.

First Known Use of BOWL

15th century

Related to BOWL

Synonyms: flow, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk

Antonyms: flounder, struggle

Related Words: fly, race, rush, speed

Near Antonyms: limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge; shamble, shuffle; stamp, stomp, stump, tramp; labor, toil

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