ninepins (redirected from falling like ninepins)

nine·pin  (nnpn)

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.

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ninepins [ˈnaɪnˌpɪnz]

n

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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ninepins

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

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

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

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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