bowling
/ˈbəʊlɪŋ
/noun [mass noun]
1The game of bowls as a sport or recreation.There are all kinds of recreation, such as indoor bowling, card games, keep fit exercises, rings and many more....
- They've been recommended ahead of a long list of other Olympic aspirants, including squash, surfing, dance sport, bowling and chess.
- These persons may participate in low-intensity sports such as bowling, golf, billiards, and cricket.
1.1The game of tenpin bowling.The exhausted candidate decided to unwind with a midnight game of ten-pin bowling and asked Klein to join him....
- Adare Active Retirement Association will hold ten pin bowling at the Bowling Centre, Ennis Road this Thursday.
- They will first visit the National Aquatic Centre in Abbotstown, followed by ten pin bowling in Blanchardstown.
1.2The game of skittles.Bickershaw batted first but, as has been the case all summer, Wythenshawe's superb bowling saw them skittled out for just 84....
- It would have involved bowling frozen turkeys down the ice at skittles.
- This float looks like a miniature skittle seen in a bowling lane.
2 Cricket The action of a bowler in sending down balls towards the batsman’s wicket: fast bowling...
- So he told himself he must not play his big shots until he had judged the state of the pitch, the pace of the bowling and the feel of the game.
- McGrath and Lee should open the bowling for Australia Thursday after England captain Michael Vaughan won the toss and decided to bat.
- Although overall the bowling wasn't as good as usual there were no 4-0 games and everyone appeared to enjoy it.
2.1The bowlers in a team: on paper their bowling looks weak...
- At present everyone seems to have stronger bowling teams than batting, so they are putting all the batsmen under pressure.
- For some years now the West Indies bowling has been very weak indeed.
- This Delhi cricketer can so easily make a difference in a key game, wading into the bowling with effortless ease.