: a game played by rolling a large, heavy ball down a smooth floor (called a lane) towards a set of pins in order to knock down as many pins as possible
She watches bowling on TV.
We're going bowling.
—often used before another nouna bowling ball
a bowling lane
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/bowling. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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