-
Trending Now:
More Trending:
- scaramouch non sequitur admiral's mast calumny kakistocracy
- ALL
Definition of tenpin
1 : a bottle-shaped bowling pin 15 inches high
2 tenpins plural in form but singular in construction : a bowling game using 10 tenpins and a large ball 27 inches in circumference and allowing each player to bowl 2 balls in each of 10 frames
Indulge Your Inner Word Nerd
Recent Examples of tenpin from the Web
-
The Weber Cup — the tenpin bowling equivalent of the Ryder Cup — was started in 2000 (the Europeans now dominate the Americans in that one, too).
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tenpin'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of tenpin
1807
TENPIN Defined for English Language Learners
tenpin
play
noun
Definition of tenpin for English Language Learners
-
: one of the large bottle-shaped pieces that is knocked down with a ball in the game of tenpin bowling
Learn More about tenpin
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up tenpin? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!