bowling

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UK/ˈbəʊlɪŋ/UK[ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ]US/ˈboʊlɪŋ/

noun

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling

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Meanings

bowling1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bowl
nounbowling (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling
  2. New EnglanduncountableCandlepin bowling.
  3. uncountableAny of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
  4. uncountableball gamesThe action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
  5. slanguncountableA particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
  6. gerunduncountableThe action of the verb bowl.
  7. IrelanduncountableRoad bowling.

Bowling2

proper nounBowling (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlings)

plural Bowlings · alternative Boling

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA village on the Clyde in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4473).
  3. countableuncountableA suburban area in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1731).
  4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
candlepin bowlingtenpin bowling

Translations

Arabic بُولِنْغ, بُولِينْغ
  • بُولِنْغ (būlinḡ)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • بُولِينْغ (būlīnḡ)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • بُولِينْج (būling)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Bulgarian бо́улинг
  • бо́улинг (bóuling)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Catalan bitlles americanes, bowling
  • bitlles americanesa game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • bowlinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • bitllesseveral similar games
  • joc de bitllesseveral similar games
Chinese Mandarin 保齡球 /保龄球
  • 保齡球 /保龄球 (bǎolíngqiú)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Esperanto bovlingo
  • bovlingoa game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Estonian keegel
  • keegela game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Finnish keilailu, keilapeli
  • keilailua game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • keilapeliseveral similar games
  • keilaaminenaction of the verb “to bowl”
French bowling
  • bowlinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
German Bowling, Kegeln
  • Bowlinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • Kegelnseveral similar games
Greek μπόουλινγκ
  • μπόουλινγκ (bóoulingk)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Hebrew באולינג, כַּדֹּרֶת
  • באולינג (ba'uling)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • כַּדֹּרֶת (kadóret)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Hindi गेंदबाजी
  • गेंदबाजी (gendbājī)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Irish babhláil
  • babhláila game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Italian bowling, stendibirilli
  • bowlinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • stendibirillia game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • abbattibirillia game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Japanese ボウリング
  • ボウリング (bouringu)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Korean 볼링, 보링
  • 볼링 (bolling)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • 보링 (boring)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Latvian boulings
  • boulingsa game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Lithuanian boulingas
  • boulingasa game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Malay boling
  • bolinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Persian بولینگ
  • بولینگa game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Polish kręgle, bowling
  • kręglea game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • bowlinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Portuguese boliche, bólingue
  • bolichea game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • bólinguea game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Romanian bowling, popice
  • bowlinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • popicea game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Russian бо́улинг, игра́ в ке́гли
  • бо́улинг (bóuling)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • игра́ в ке́гли (igrá v kégli)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • ке́гли (kégli)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • кегельба́н (kegelʹbán)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Spanish bolos, boliche
  • bolosa game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • bolichea game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • bowlinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Swedish bowling
  • bowlinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Tamil பந்து வீச்சு
  • பந்து வீச்சு (pantu vīccu)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Turkish bovling
  • bovlinga game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Ukrainian бо́улінг, гра́ в ке́глі
  • бо́улінг (bóulinh)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • гра́ в ке́глі (hrá v kéhli)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • ке́глі (kéhli)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
  • кегельба́н (kehelʹbán)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Urdu گیند بازی
  • گیند بازی (gend-bāzī)(cricket) propelling the ball towards the batsman
Welsh bowlio
  • bowlioa game played by rolling a ball down an alley
Yiddish באָוולינג
  • באָוולינג (bovling)a game played by rolling a ball down an alley

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bowling

rollingtrollingdolingholing
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Anagrams

blowing
Cite this entry
APA

bowling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowling

MLA

“bowling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bowling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowling.

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