falling like ninepins

nine·pin (n

)

1. ninepins (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A bowling game in which nine wooden pins are the target.

2. A wooden pin used in the game of ninepins.

ninepins [ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz]

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) (functioning as singular) another name for skittles

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) (singular) one of the pins used in this game

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Noun

ninepins - a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins

skittles

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

Translations

ninepins [ˈnaɪnpɪnz] NPL (= game) → juego m de bolos; (= objects) → bolos mpl
to go down like ninepins → caer como bolos en bolera

ninepins

n (= game) → Kegeln nt; to go down like ninepins (fig) → wie die Fliegen umfallen (inf)

ninepins [ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz] npl → birilli mpl
to go down like ninepins → cadere come birilli

ninepins

n sg ninepins [ˈnainpinz]

a form of bowling in which nine bottle-shaped objects are knocked over with a ball a game of ninepins; Ninepins is a very good game. keëls لُعْبَة الكُرة والتِّسع قناني кегли kuželky keglespil das Kegeln είδος μπόουλιγκ bolos keegel يکجور بازى با نه ميله چوبى که انهارابا گوى چوبى مى خوابانند keilapeli (jeu de) quilles תֵשַע יְתֶדוֹת नौ पिनों का खेल kuglanje kugli boling keiluspil (gioco dei) birilli ボーリングの一種 9주희(柱戱)의 핀 kėgliai ķegļu spēle sejenis cara permainan boling kegelspel kjeglespill kręgle laranjinha popice кегли kolky kegljanje vrsta kuglanja kägelspel พินโบว์ลิ่ง dokuz kuka oyunu 九柱戲 кеглі نو پن والا کھيل trò chơi ky chín con 九柱戏

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bowling
bowling alley
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collapse
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kingpin
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ninepin alley
ninepin ball
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revelry
ruination
skittle
skittle ball
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Skittles

Keep taking the pills Banks are falling like ninepins, retailers and housebuilders are beyond the pale, but when storms are raging all around, the smart money looks for a safe haven and inevitably, big pharmaceutical companies come up trumps.

Market forces by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

Byline: By Ron Wyllie SEEDS have been falling like ninepins so far at the Welsh International Open in Llanelli even though organisers insist they are using the same portable blue rink as they always do at World Bowls Tour ranking events.

Bowls: No cracks in solid Stone by The Racing Post (London, England)

Though Gourlay now spends much of the year playing Down Under, he will carry the weight of expectation of the home crowd in Perth where Scots have been falling like ninepins all week.

Bowls: 11-10 Ross can deliver by The Racing Post (London, England)

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