: 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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That research led him to conclude that the long rectangular space east of the Palace’s formal gardens originally functioned as a bowling green.
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Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
Masood and Babar resisted, negotiating Nahid Rana’s bowling well and keeping the runs flowing.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Teams had to stop at a dirt racetrack for 50 laps one year and a bowling alley during another Fool’s Roll.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The Hideout, as it is set to be called, is expected to feature shuffleboard, pool tables, dart boards and a two-lane mini bowling alley, plus its own bar.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
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Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
Masood and Babar resisted, negotiating Nahid Rana’s bowling well and keeping the runs flowing.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Teams had to stop at a dirt racetrack for 50 laps one year and a bowling alley during another Fool’s Roll.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The Hideout, as it is set to be called, is expected to feature shuffleboard, pool tables, dart boards and a two-lane mini bowling alley, plus its own bar.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for bowling
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 21 May. 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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