bowl game

noun

A Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.

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Meanings

nounbowl game (plural bowl games)

plural bowl games

  1. historicalgamesA Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.

    Synonyms: hubbub

  2. USAmerican footballA postseason college football competition.

    Synonyms: bowl

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.

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hubbub

nounA postseason college football competition.

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bowl
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hubbub

Origin

From bowl + game. Sense 2 (“postseason college football competition”) is derived from the Rose Bowl Game, played in the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California, which is named for the bowl-shaped Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.

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Translations

Finnish intiaanien kulhopeli, bowl-ottelu
  • intiaanien kulhopeliNative American game of chance
  • bowl-ottelupostseason college football competition
Cite this entry
APA

bowl game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowl%20game

MLA

“bowl game.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowl%20game. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bowl game,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowl%20game.

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