: 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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Land Park Lanes hosted a Japanese American bowling league, dances and other social events that helped bond a displaced community that included his parents, then owners of a 10th Street gift shop in what was once the city’s Japantown.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2025
And then there’s one with a bowling ball that’s also really popular.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
There’s also a library, spa, gym, theatre, rooftop garden, and a 1950s-style bowling alley adorned with vintage bowling shoes to boot.
—Vogue, 23 July 2025
Watch this women's bowling event on CBS Sports Network, which is available to stream live on Fubo.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2025
And then there’s one with a bowling ball that’s also really popular.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
There’s also a library, spa, gym, theatre, rooftop garden, and a 1950s-style bowling alley adorned with vintage bowling shoes to boot.
—Vogue, 23 July 2025
Watch this women's bowling event on CBS Sports Network, which is available to stream live on Fubo.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for bowling
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 6 Aug. 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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