bowl2 /bōl/ noun- A heavy wooden ball with a bias (qv)
- (in pl, treated as sing) a game played by rolling such balls on a green towards a jack
- (in pl, treated as sing) sometimes the game of skittles (ninepins) or American bowls (tenpins)
- A ball (obsolete)
- (Scot bool) a marble
- (in pl, treated as sing) the game of marbles
intransitive verb- To play at ninepin or tenpin bowling
- To roll or trundle (esp with on or along)
- To travel swiftly and smoothly in a wheeled vehicle (usu with along)
- To deliver a ball to the batsman at the wicket (cricket)
- To take one's turn at bowling
transitive verb- To roll or trundle
- To deliver (a ball) to the batsman (cricket)
- To dismiss (a batsman) by hitting the wicket with a bowled ball (also with out)
ORIGIN: Fr boule ball, from L bulla bowled adjective (cricket) Dismissed (by having one's wicket hit) when a specified person was the bowler bowlˈer noun A person who plays at bowls or bowling, or who bowls in cricket bowlˈing noun and adjective bowling alley noun - A long narrow covered place for ninepin or tenpin bowling
- A building where tenpin bowling is played
bowling crease see under crease1 bowling green noun A smooth grassy plot for bowls bowl over - To knock down
- To overwhelm, thoroughly impress or delight (informal)
bowler1 /bōˈlər/ noun A stiff felt hat with a round crown and narrow brim ORIGIN: Said to be the name of a hatter who made it in 1850 bowler hat noun A bowler transitive verb (with hyphen; orig milit sl) To discharge, dismiss |