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bowler

(boʊləʳ)
Word forms: plural bowlers
1. countable noun
The bowler in a sport such as cricket is the player who is bowling the ball.
He's a rather good fast bowler.
2. countable noun
A bowler is someone who plays bowls or goes bowling.
3. countable noun
A bowler is the same as a bowler hat.
[mainly British]

bowler in British English

(ˈbəʊlə)
noun
1. 
one who bowls in cricket
2. 
a player at the game of bowls

bowler in British English 2

(ˈbəʊlə) or bowler hat (ˈbəʊlə hæt)
noun
a stiff felt hat with a rounded crown and narrow curved brim
US and Canadian name: derby
Word origin
C19: named after John Bowler, 19th-century London hatter

bowler in British English 3

(ˈbaʊlə)
noun
Dublin dialect
a dog
Word origin
perhaps from b(ow-wow) + (h)owler
 

dog in British English 3

(dɒɡ)
noun
1. 
a. 
a domesticated canine mammal, Canis familiaris, occurring in many breeds that show a great variety in size and form
b. 
(as modifier)
dog biscuit
2. 
a. 
any other carnivore of the family Canidae, such as the dingo and coyote
b. 
(as modifier)
the dog family
▶ Related adjective: canine
3. 
a. 
the male of animals of the dog family
b. 
(as modifier)
a dog fox
4. (modifier)
a. 
spurious, inferior, or useless
dog Latin
b. 
(in combination)
dogberry
5. 
a mechanical device for gripping or holding, esp one of the axial slots by which gear wheels or shafts are engaged to transmit torque
6.  informal
a fellow; chap
you lucky dog
7.  informal
a man or boy regarded as unpleasant, contemptible, or wretched
8.  US informal
a male friend: used as a term of address
9.  offensive, slang
an unattractive or boring girl or woman
10.  US and Canadian informal
something unsatisfactory or inferior
11.  short for firedog
12. 
any of various atmospheric phenomena
fogdog, seadog, sundog
13.  a dog's chance
14.  a dog's dinner
15.  a dog's life
16.  dog eat dog
17.  like a dog's dinner
18.  put on the dog
verbWord forms: dogs, dogging or dogged (transitive)
19. 
to pursue or follow after like a dog
20. 
to trouble; plague
to be dogged by ill health
21. 
to chase with a dog or dogs
22. 
to grip, hold, or secure by a mechanical device
adverb
23. (usually in combination)
thoroughly; utterly
dog-tired

bowler in American English 1

(ˈboʊlər)
noun
a person who bowls

bowler in American English 2

(ˈboʊlər)
noun
British
a derby hat
Word origin
after J. Bowler, 19th-c. London hat manufacturer

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Examples of 'bowler' in a sentence
bowler

What a sight for a fast bowler!
The Sun (2016)
They will struggle away from home because of the lack of fast bowlers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The fast bowler was limping heavily yesterday morning.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Few want to see fast bowlers tamed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Against the fastest bowlers he waltzes across and flicks them over his shoulder for six.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A captain is only as good as his bowlers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Bangladesh dropped three catches during this phase, and needed their pace rather than spin bowlers to peg things back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was very difficult facing good spin bowlers on a wicket that sometimes bounced up around your shoulder and the next one's skidding straight through.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has been a good bowler for two or three years.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In fact he is three bowlers in one.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The greatness of the game depends upon bowlers having their say.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He possesses many of the attributes required of a good fast bowler.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He felt he could not afford one leaky bowler.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We are talking about the best bowler in one-day cricket right now.
The Sun (2009)
One is that he will work with younger bowlers, rather than the senior squad.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We went to work on big red buses, in bowler hats.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He appears to be facing mid-on rather than the bowler.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Put a bowler hat on them and you've got a civil servant!
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
These were three prize scalps, all of them got out by the bowler rather than handing their wickets to him.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I had hoped that being left-handed would give him a career as a tennis player or spin bowler.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Of the top ten bowlers in Test cricket, eight are quick bowlers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He's a good bowler, that guy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But, as usual when the pitch has something for bowlers, the cricket became gripping to watch.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

All related terms of 'bowler'

bowler hat
A bowler hat is a round, hard , black hat with a narrow brim, worn in the past especially by British businessmen .
fast bowler
a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
pace bowler
a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
seam bowler
a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
spin bowler
a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
opening bowler
a player who makes the first bowl in cricket

Chinese translation of 'bowler'

bowler

(ˈbəuləʳ)

n (c)

  1. (Cricket) 投球员(員) (tóuqiúyuán)
  2. (Brit) = bowler hat

Nearby words of
bowler

  • bowels
  • bowl
  • bowl over
  • bowler
  • bowler hat
  • bowling
  • bowling alley

Related terms of
bowler

  • bowler hat
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