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bowling

/ˈboʊlɪŋ/ noun A2
  1. 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 (uncountable)
  2. Candlepin bowling. (uncountable)
  3. Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors. (uncountable)
  4. The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman. (uncountable)
  5. A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture. (slang, uncountable)
  6. The action of the verb bowl. (uncountable)
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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.