bowling
English
Pronunciation
Noun
bowling (uncountable)
Bowling (sense 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
- (New England) Candlepin bowling.
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- (Ireland) Road bowling.
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Translations
a game played by rolling a ball down an alley
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several similar games
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(cricket) propelling the ball towards the batsman
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a walking style
action of the verb “to bowl”
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.liŋ/
Audio (file)
Noun
bowling m (plural bowlings)
- bowling
- Elle adore jouer au bowling.
- She loves to play bowling.
- A place where one can play bowling.
Further reading
- “bowling” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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Declension
| Declension of bowling | ||||
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| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | bowling | bowlingen | — | — |
| Genitive | bowlings | bowlingens | — | — |
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