bowling
noun
bowl·ing
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Definition of bowling
: any of several games in which balls are rolled on a green or down an alley at an object or group of objects
Examples of bowling in a Sentence
She watches bowling on TV.
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Also, there was a bowling alley with a Denny’s right next door. — David Canfield, EW.com, "Stephen King's The Institute is out now. Read this juicy excerpt first," 10 Sep. 2019 Nothing suggests Oregon State will go bowling in 2019. — oregonlive, "Key to Oregon State’s 2019 season? Offense moving the sticks," 29 Aug. 2019 The Longhorns only managed one-score wins against Tulsa, Kansas, Texas Tech and Kansas State, and none of those teams went bowling. — The Si Staff, SI.com, "2019 College Football Crystal Ball: Playoff Picks, Darkhorse Predictions and More," 21 Aug. 2019 The next day the two hung out again, this time going bowling in NYC. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Who is Tyler Cameron? Everything to Know About Gigi Hadid's Rumored New Bae," 6 Aug. 2019 Steve Rogers isn’t going bowling with a group of vets. — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, "How 'Far From Home' Gets Spider-Man Comics Right," 7 July 2019 To help keep a sense of community, the school organized events for students to go bowling, visit a trampoline park or just get together and play cards. — Fox News, "From fire and ash to caps, gowns: Graduation in burned town," 6 June 2019 In the Milk District, Titan Properties is working on a 99,000-square-foot building on East Livingston Street and North Primrose Drive next to the T.G. Lee factory and bowling alley. — Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, "With 300 Central Florida self-storage centers and more on the way, developers warn of oversupply," 28 Aug. 2019 Ian Baker is 29 and works two low-wage jobs, one at a bowling alley near Mission Viejo. — Matt Levin, The Mercury News, "Nearly 40% of young adult Californians live with their parents. Here’s everything to know about them," 27 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bowling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for bowling
bowling
noun
English Language Learners Definition of bowling
: a game played by rolling a large, heavy ball down a smooth floor (called a lane) towards a set of pins in order to knock down as many pins as possible
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bowling
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bowl·ing
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Kids Definition of bowling
: a game in which large heavy balls are rolled so as to knock down pins
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