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bowling^¹

/ˈbəʊlɪŋ/ UK
[ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ] UK
/ˈboʊlɪŋ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊlɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bowl

noun

uncountable A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling
New England, uncountable Candlepin bowling.
uncountable Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
uncountable The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
slang, uncountable A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
gerund, uncountable The action of the verb bowl.
Ireland, uncountable Road bowling.

Bowling^²

proper noun Bowlings · Boling

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A village on the Clyde in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4473).
countable, uncountable A suburban area in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1731).
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: basin, trough, arena, stadium, pipe bowl, tenpin, bowler, billiard, bingo, overarm, ball, lawn, grassland, turf, pitch, grass

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noun a game played by rolling a ball down an alley

Español	bolos, boliche, bowling
한국어	볼링 bolling
日本語	ボウリング bouringu
中文	保齡球 /保龄球 bǎolíngqiú
हिन्दी	गेंदबाजी gendbājī
Português	boliche, bólingue
Français	bowling
Deutsch	Bowling
Italiano	bowling, stendibirilli, abbattibirilli
Ελληνικά	μπόουλινγκ bóoulingk
Română	bowling, popice
Русский	бо́улинг bóuling, игра́ в ке́гли igrá v kégli, ке́гли kégli, кегельба́н kegelʹbán
العربية	بُولِنْغ būlinḡ, بُولِينْغ būlīnḡ, بُولِينْج būling
עברית	באולינג ba'uling, כַּדֹּרֶת kadóret

noun several similar games

Deutsch	Kegeln

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@misc{bowling_2026,
  title = {bowling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bowling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}