bowl over

bowl ¹  (bl)

n.

1.

a. A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.

b. The contents of such a vessel.

2. A drinking goblet.

3. A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.

4.

a. A bowl-shaped topographic depression.

b. A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.

5. Football Any of various postseason games played between specially selected teams, especially at the college level.

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[Middle English bowle, from Old English bolla; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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bowl ²  (bl)

n.

1. A large wooden ball weighted or slightly flattened so as to roll with a bias.

2. A roll or throw of this ball, as in bowling.

3. bowls (used with a sing. verb) See lawn bowling.

4. A revolving cylinder or drum in a machine.

v. bowled, bowl·ing, bowls

v.intr.

1.

a. To participate in a game of bowling.

b. To throw or roll a ball in bowling.

c. To hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch toward the batsman at the other, keeping the arm straight throughout the delivery.

2. To move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling: The children bowled along on their bicycles.

v.tr.

1. To throw or roll (a ball).

2.

a. To achieve (a specified score) by bowling.

b. To perform (a specified amount, as a string or game) in bowling.

3. To move quickly and smoothly by or as if by rolling: bowled a tire from the garage.

4. To meet or strike with or as if with the force of a rapidly rolling object.

Phrasal Verbs:

bowl out

To retire (a batsman in cricket) with a bowled ball that knocks the bails off the wicket.

bowl over

1. To take by surprise.

2. To make a powerful impression on; overwhelm.

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[Middle English boule, from Old French, from Latin bulla, round object.]

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bowl over

vb (tr, adverb)

1. Informal to surprise (a person) greatly, esp in a pleasant way; astound; amaze he was bowled over by our gift

2. to knock (a person or thing) down; cause to fall over

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	bowl over - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" tip over, tump over, knock over, overturn, turn over, upset move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
	2.	bowl over - overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!" flabbergast, boggle surprise - cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"

Translations

? bowl over

vt sep

(lit, with ball etc) → umwerfen; (in car etc) → umfahren, über den Haufen fahren (inf)

(fig) → umwerfen, umhauen (inf); to be bowled over → sprachlos or platt (inf) → sein; he was bowled over by the news/her/the idea → die Nachricht/sie/die Idee hat ihn (einfach) überwältigt or umgehauen (inf)