: any of several games in which balls are rolled (as on a green or down an alley) at an object or group of objects
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She watches bowling on TV.
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Let’s bowl Prepare to see a lot more bowling bags in 2026—the trendy style, featured on spring-summer runways from Miu Miu to Chanel, is about to be your new favorite.
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Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2025
One of the most unique off-mountain offerings in Winter Park takes place at The Foundry Cinema & Bowl, a bowling-alley-slash-movie-theater that also has a restaurant and bar.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
This level of dealmaking far exceeds the bowling alley bets and small-time street gambles that have shaped Marty’s way of moving in the world, and Rockwell represents the kind of ruthless American capitalism and competition that requires humiliation and subjugation.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
The only bowling Ulugalu-Maseuli did was at a bowling alley.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
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Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2025
One of the most unique off-mountain offerings in Winter Park takes place at The Foundry Cinema & Bowl, a bowling-alley-slash-movie-theater that also has a restaurant and bar.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
This level of dealmaking far exceeds the bowling alley bets and small-time street gambles that have shaped Marty’s way of moving in the world, and Rockwell represents the kind of ruthless American capitalism and competition that requires humiliation and subjugation.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
The only bowling Ulugalu-Maseuli did was at a bowling alley.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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bowling
noun
bowl·ing
ˈbō-liŋ 
1
: a game played by rolling balls so as to knock down pins set up at the far end of an alley
2
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