: any of several games in which balls are rolled (as on a green or down an alley) at an object or group of objects
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She watches bowling on TV.
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Since then, he’s made his international debut, earned a development contract and impressed with his blend of steep bounce, high pace, and composed bowling under pressure.
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Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
A couple of bits the trailer doesn’t show you: Frank biting off and chewing the barrel of one robber’s gun like a cookie; Frank rolling another robber like a bowling ball into the others, prompting them all to collapse like pins (complete with sound effects).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 July 2025
In January, Kingpin debuted their bowling night in Paris during Paris Men’s Fashion Week.
—Shanae Hardy, Billboard, 30 July 2025
Land Park Lanes hosted a Japanese American bowling league, dances and other social events that helped bond a displaced community that included his parents, then owners of a 10th Street gift shop in what was once the city’s Japantown.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2025
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Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
A couple of bits the trailer doesn’t show you: Frank biting off and chewing the barrel of one robber’s gun like a cookie; Frank rolling another robber like a bowling ball into the others, prompting them all to collapse like pins (complete with sound effects).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 July 2025
In January, Kingpin debuted their bowling night in Paris during Paris Men’s Fashion Week.
—Shanae Hardy, Billboard, 30 July 2025
Land Park Lanes hosted a Japanese American bowling league, dances and other social events that helped bond a displaced community that included his parents, then owners of a 10th Street gift shop in what was once the city’s Japantown.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2025
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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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
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