bowling

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • IPA: /bəʊlɪŋ/
  • SAMPA: /b@UlIN/
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Verb

Plain form bowl

Third-person singular bowls

Past tense bowled

Past participle bowled

Present participle bowling

1. The present participle of bowl.

Noun

Singular bowling

Plural none

1. (uncountable) Bowling is a sport played by rolling a ball down an alley at pins in order to knock them down.

Related words

• bowler
• bowling ball
• bowling alley
• bowling green
• ten-pin bowling