bowl² /bōl/

1. A heavy wooden ball with a bias (qv)
2. (in pl, treated as sing) a game played by rolling such balls on a green towards a jack
3. (in pl, treated as sing) sometimes the game of skittles (ninepins) or American bowls (tenpins)
4. A ball (obsolete)
5. (Scot bool) a marble
6. (in pl, treated as sing) the game of marbles

1. To play at ninepin or tenpin bowling
2. To roll or trundle (esp with on or along)
3. To travel swiftly and smoothly in a wheeled vehicle (usu with along)
4. To deliver a ball to the batsman at the wicket (cricket)
5. To take one's turn at bowling

1. To roll or trundle
2. To deliver (a ball) to the batsman (cricket)
3. To dismiss (a batsman) by hitting the wicket with a bowled ball (also with out)

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

1. A long narrow covered place for ninepin or tenpin bowling
2. A building where tenpin bowling is played

bowling crease see under crease¹

bowling green noun

A smooth grassy plot for bowls

bowl over

1. To knock down
2. To overwhelm, thoroughly impress or delight (informal)

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