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)
crease1 /krēs/ noun- A mark made by folding, pressing or crumpling
- Such a mark pressed centrally and longitudinally into a trouser-leg
- A wrinkle or line on the face
- Any of the lines that regulate the positions of batsman and bowler at the wicket in cricket (see also bowling crease, popping crease and return crease below)
- (in ice-hockey and lacrosse) a marked area round the goal
transitive verb- To make a crease or creases in
- To graze with a bullet, sometimes used as a method of temporarily disabling rather than killing (an animal)
intransitive verb To become creased transitive verb and intransitive verb (informal)To double up with laughter (often with up) ORIGIN: Origin uncertain creasˈer noun creasˈy adjective - Full of creases
- Liable or tending to crease
creaseˈ-resistant or creaseˈ-resisting adjective (of a fabric) not becoming creased in normal wear bowling crease (cricket) A line marked perpendicularly across the pitch at the level of the wicket, from astride which the bowler must bowl popping crease (cricket) A line marked perpendicularly across the pitch four feet in front of the bowling crease, at which the batsman plays and behind which he or she must have a foot or bat in order not to be run out or stumped return crease (cricket) A line marked at right angles to the bowling crease and popping crease on either side of the wicket, inside which the bowler must bowl the ball |