: any of several games in which balls are rolled (as on a green or down an alley) at an object or group of objects
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She watches bowling on TV.
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Jefferson’s body moves like a bowling ball down an oily lane.
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Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Includes a champagne or sparkling non-alcoholic toast at midnight; one premium drink ticket and access to a private bar (for those 21 and older); entry to the third-floor and unlimited karting, axe throwing, football bowling and cornhole.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
The restaurant and bowling lanes are open from 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
International Market will serve its Thai menu on Christmas Day as well as a special Khao Man Gai platter for preorder at $65.
—Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024
Loewe’s Paseo bowling bag in classic black and The Row’s cherry red cashmere turtleneck.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Includes a champagne or sparkling non-alcoholic toast at midnight; one premium drink ticket and access to a private bar (for those 21 and older); entry to the third-floor and unlimited karting, axe throwing, football bowling and cornhole.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
The restaurant and bowling lanes are open from 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
International Market will serve its Thai menu on Christmas Day as well as a special Khao Man Gai platter for preorder at $65.
—Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024
Loewe’s Paseo bowling bag in classic black and The Row’s cherry red cashmere turtleneck.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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bowling
noun
bowl·ing
ˈbō-liŋ 
1
: a game played by rolling balls so as to knock down pins set up at the far end of an alley
2
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