: 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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It was built in 2022 in phase one of Soho Square, a luxury community with amenities such as a pool, gym, bowling alley and more.
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Kelley Bruss, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
That includes bowlers in Owatonna Sunday for the state bowling tournament, which went on as planned.
—Conor Wight, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
There’s bowling in this one, too, but also archery, baseball, basketball, boxing, golf, and tennis.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
A little more than two years after opening at Jordan Creek Town Center, a West Des Moines mini-golf course and duckpin bowling alley is closing.
—Emery Glover, Des Moines Register, 12 Mar. 2026
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Kelley Bruss, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
That includes bowlers in Owatonna Sunday for the state bowling tournament, which went on as planned.
—Conor Wight, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
There’s bowling in this one, too, but also archery, baseball, basketball, boxing, golf, and tennis.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
A little more than two years after opening at Jordan Creek Town Center, a West Des Moines mini-golf course and duckpin bowling alley is closing.
—Emery Glover, Des Moines Register, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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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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