bowling

noun

bowl·​ing ˈbō-liŋ 

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

Examples of bowling in a Sentence

She watches bowling on TV.

Recent Examples on the Web

The bocce and bowling company filed for bankruptcy not long before and shut down several other locations across the country at the same time. —Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025

England have tried the ultra-fast bowling attack and cavalier batting and neither worked, so what next? —Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025

It was so named because the decline even affected bowling leagues. —Peter Smith, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025

Glitzy amenities include eight pools in various configurations, a sculptural staircase flanked by a digital art wall, a plush movie theater, an indoor half basketball court, a two-lane bowling alley, and a rooftop terrace with a retractable movie screen and sweeping city views. —Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing bowling

• bowling alley
• bowling green
• lawn bowling
• tenpin bowling

Rhymes for bowling

• coaling
• doling
• growling
• holing
• poling
• polling
• rolling
• scrolling
• shoaling
• strolling
• tolling
• trolling

Kids Definition

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

: lawn bowling