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bowling

14 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. bowling (noun)
  2. bowl (verb)
  3. bowling analysis (noun)
  4. bowling average (noun)
  5. bowling crease (noun)
  6. bowling on the green
  7. bowling stump (noun)
  8. Bowling Green (geographical name)
  9. headpin bowling (noun)
  10. lawn bowling (noun)
  11. spot bowling (noun)
  12. stick bowling (noun)
  13. bowl over (verb)
  14. body-line (noun)

bowl·ing

noun \ˈbō-liŋ\

Definition of BOWLING

: any of several games in which balls are rolled on a green or down an alley at an object or group of objects
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Examples of BOWLING

  1. She watches bowling on TV.

First Known Use of BOWLING

1535

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