bowling
See also: Bowling
English
Pronunciation
Noun
bowling (uncountable)
Bowling (sense 1)
- A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
- (New England) Candlepin bowling.
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- (Ireland) Road bowling.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: bólingue
Translations
a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
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several similar games
(cricket) propelling the ball towards the batsman
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a walking style
action of the verb “to bowl”
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See also
- boules
- bowls
- crown green bowling
- lawn bowls
- ninepins
- skittles
- 🎳 (emoji)
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔwleŋ/, [ˈb̥ɒwleŋ]
Declension
Declension of bowling
| common gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bowling | bowlingen |
| genitive | bowlings | bowlingens |
Further reading
- “bowling” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.liŋ/, /bo.liŋ/
Audio (file)
Noun
bowling m (plural bowlings)
- bowling
- Elle adore jouer au bowling. ― She loves to play bowling.
- a place where one can play bowling
Further reading
- “bowling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔw.liŋk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔwliŋk
- Syllabification: bow‧ling
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
- bowlingowy
Portuguese
Romanian
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboulin/ [ˈbou̯.lĩn]
- Rhymes: -oulin
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of bowling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | bowling | bowlingen | — | — |
| Genitive | bowlings | bowlingens | — | — |
Related terms
- kägla (“bowling pin”)
See also
- bowlinghall (“bowling alley”)
- bowlingklot (“bowling ball”)
- bowlingsko (“bowling shoe”)
References
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