bowling (redirected from Straight and Hook Bowling)

bowl·ing  (blng)

n.

1.

a. A game played by rolling a ball down a wooden alley in order to knock down a triangular group of ten pins. Also called tenpins.

b. A similar game, such as duckpins or ninepins.

2. Lawn bowling.

3. The playing of one of these games.

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bowling [ˈbəʊlɪŋ]

n

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) any of various games in which a heavy ball is rolled down a special alley, usually made of wood, at a group of wooden pins, esp the games of tenpin bowling (tenpins) and skittles (ninepins)

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) the game of bowls

3. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket the act of delivering the ball to the batsman

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) (modifier) of or relating to bowls or bowling a bowling team

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them game - a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game" frame - one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided tenpin bowling, tenpins - bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins ninepins, skittles - a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins duckpins - a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider candlepin bowling, candlepins - a bowling game using slender bowling pins bowls, lawn bowling - a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack bocce, bocci, boccie - Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court pocket - (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike" convert - score (a spare)
	2.	bowling - (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman throw - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base" cricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs Chinaman - a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg bosie, bosie ball, googly, wrong 'un - a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way no ball - unlawfully delivered ball in cricket; "the umpire called it a no ball"
	3.	bowling - the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc playing - the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation bowl, roll - the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) run-up - the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed bowl - roll (a ball)

Translations

bowling [ˈbəʊlɪŋ]

A. N

1. (also tenpin bowling) → bolos mpl, boliche m

2. (on green) → bochas fpl

3. (Cricket) → lanzamiento m

B. CPD bowling alley N → bolera f, boliche m
bowling green N → campo m de bochas
bowling match N (Brit) → concurso m de bochas

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bowling [ˈbəʊlɪŋ] n

(= ten-pin bowling) → bowling m
to go bowling → jouer au bowling

(CRICKET) → service m, lancer m
bowling alley n → bowling m
bowling green n → terrain gazonné et carré)m de boules >

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bowling

n

(Cricket) → Werfen nt; renowned for his fast bowling → für seine schnellen Bälle berühmt

(= tenpin bowling) → Bowling nt; (= skittles) → Kegeln nt; to go bowling → bowlen/kegeln gehen

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bowling:

bowling alley

n → Bowlingbahn f

bowling green

n → Spiel- or Rasenfläche f → für Bowling/Boccia/Boule

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bowling [ˈbəʊlɪŋ] n (indoor) → bowling m inv; (on grass) → gioco delle bocce

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