: 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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The event, a change in pace from the foundation’s annual poker tournament, also included live karaoke, bowling, darts and a live auction that included autographed sports memorabilia.
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Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
The truck carries all kinds of heavy cargo, from slabs of solid maple bowling lanes to loads of concrete paver tiles.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Instead, Gordon was the first bowling pin to fall.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
But the team's bowling didn’t match its batting efforts on Sunday evening.
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Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
The truck carries all kinds of heavy cargo, from slabs of solid maple bowling lanes to loads of concrete paver tiles.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Instead, Gordon was the first bowling pin to fall.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
But the team's bowling didn’t match its batting efforts on Sunday evening.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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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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