bowling

[US]/'bəʊlɪŋ/
[UK]/'bolɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a game in which players roll a heavy ball down a lane in an attempt to knock down ten pins at the end of the lane
v. the present participle of the verb "bowl", meaning to roll a ball down a lane in the game of bowling

Phrases & Collocations

bowling alley

bowling ball

bowling shoes

bowling pin

strike in bowling

bowling league

bowling tournament

bowling score

bowling technique

tenpin bowling

bowling green

lawn bowling

Example Sentences

on paper their bowling looks thin.

he's busy perfecting his bowling technique.

Duckpin bowling is like ten-pin bowling, only using a smaller ball and smaller pins.

he was incapable of leading a bowling team, let alone a country.

Lucas punished some loose bowling severely.

The aim in bowling is to knock down all the pins with one or two bowls.

&nbsp,Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Bowling Etoile;

candlepin :a slender bowling pin used in a variation of the game of tenpins.

There are stadiums, museums, theater, dancery, bowling alley and sauna center etc.in the county.

Ask 1.2-million-mile BMW rider Dave Swisher, of Bowling Green, Virginia.

"Human laughter has robust roots in our animalian past," said Jaak Panksepp, a professor of psychobiology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Real-world Examples

Career night is the new bowling.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

If I threw any slower, we would be bowling.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

My dad's boss was so pleased he took everyone bowling!

Source: European and American Cultural Atmosphere (Audio)

You seriously think this sophisticated, spiritual acupuncturist goes bowling?

Source: Out of Control Season 3

Why don't you go to a bowling alley?

Source: Out of Control Season 3

A regular bowling alley is 60 feet long.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

I got a job at the bowling alley.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 5

I love it. My husband knows all the bowling lingo.

Source: Our Day Season 2

Sure. You could be a pin setter in a bowling alley.

Source: Deadly Women

The photos at the bowling alley.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

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