bowling

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Synonyms: howling, yowling, bawling, boiling, bowline, bowing, owling, lowling, cowling, fowling, bolling

Antonyms: howling, yowling, bawling, boiling, bowline, bowing, owling, lowling, cowling, fowling, bolling

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|bowl||ing-form}}

Noun

1. A [[game]] played by [[roll]]ing a [[ball]] down an [[alley]] and trying to [[knock over]] a [[triangular]] [[group]] of [[ten]] [[pin]]s; [[tenpin bowling]]/[[fivepin bowling]]
2. {{lb|en|New England}} [[candlepin bowling|Candlepin bowling]].
3. Any of several similar games played [[indoors]] or [[outdoors]].
4. {{lb|en|cricket}} The [[action]] of [[propelling]] the [[ball]] towards the [[batsman]].
5. {{lb|en|slang}} A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
6. {{lb|en|gerund}} The action of the verb [[bowl#Verb|bowl]].
7. {{lb|en|Ireland}} [[road bowling|Road bowling]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{place|en|village|on the|river/Clyde|in|carea/West Dunbartonshire|cc/Scotland}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref NS4473}}.
3. {{place|en|suburban area|in|city/Bradford|co/West Yorkshire|cc/England}} {{q|OS grid ref SE1731}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/bradford/bowling-and-barkerend-ward.html Ward map (Bradford)]</ref>
4. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Cumberland County|s/Tennessee|c/USA}}.

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