bowl‧ing /ˈbəʊlɪŋ $ ˈboʊ-/ noun [uncountable]

1. an indoor game in which you roll a large heavy ball along a wooden track in order to knock down a group of pins (=wooden objects shaped like bottles):
Do you want to go bowling with us Friday?

2. the act of throwing a ball at the batsman in cricket

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bowling
noun
I. indoor game
ADJ. tenpin
VERB + BOWLING go Let's go bowling on Saturday.
BOWLING + NOUN ball | alley | green
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bowling
II. in the game of cricket
ADJ. fast, pace, quick | slow | seam, spin, swing | short-pitched | intimidatory
VERB + BOWLING open McArthur opened the bowling on the first day of the match.
BOWLING + NOUN attack England were no match for the Indian bowling attack.
average | crease

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