bowling

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/, /ˈbɔʊlɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊliŋ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ
  • Audio (CA)(file)
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Verb

bowling

  1. present participle of bowl

Noun

bowling (uncountable)

Bowling (sense 1)
  1. A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
  2. (New England) Candlepin bowling.
  3. Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
  4. (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
  5. (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
  6. (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
  7. (Ireland) Road bowling.

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Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bu.liŋ/
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Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)

  1. bowling
    Elle adore jouer au bowling.
    She loves to play bowling.
  2. A place where one can play bowling.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

Noun

bowling m (invariable)

  1. ten-pin bowling
  2. bowling alley

Spanish

Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)

  1. bowling alley

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

Noun

bowling c

  1. bowling; a game played by rolling a ball down an alley

Declension
Declension of bowling 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bowling bowlingen — —
Genitive bowlings bowlingens — —
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