bowling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/, [ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈboʊliŋ/
• Rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ

• Audio (CA):

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• Audio (AU):

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Verb

bowling

1. present participle of bowl

Noun

bowling (uncountable)

Bowling (sense 1)

1. A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
2. (New England) Candlepin bowling.
3. Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
4. (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
5. (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
6. (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
7. (Ireland) Road bowling.

Derived terms

• bowling alley
• bowling ball
• bowling green, Bowling Green
• candlepin bowling
• ten-pin bowling

 

Related terms

• bowl
• bowler
• bowls
• lawn bowls

 

Translations

a game played by rolling a ball down an alley

• Albanian: klub boulingu m
• Arabic: بُولِينْج m (būling)
• Armenian: բոուլինգ (hy) (bouling)
• Belarusian: бо́ўлінг m (bóŭlinh)
• Bulgarian: бо́улинг m (bóuling)
• Catalan: bitlles (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保齡球／保龄球 (zh) (bǎolíngqiú), 保龄球 (zh) (bǎolíngqiú)

• Esperanto: bovlingo
• Estonian: keegel
• Finnish: keilailu (fi)
• French: bowling (fr) m
• Georgian: ბოულინგი (boulingi)
• German: Bowling (de) n, Kegelbahn (de) f (bowling alley)
• Greek: μπόουλινγκ n (bóoulingk)
• Hindi: गेंदबाजी ? (gendbājī)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} An Bol m, babhláil f
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• Japanese: ボウリング (ja) (bouringu)
• Korean: 볼링 (ko) (bolling)
• Lao: ໂບລິ້ງ (bō ling)
• Latvian: boulings m
• Lithuanian: boulingas m
• Macedonian: ку́глање n (kúglanje)
• Malay: boling
• Persian: بولینگ (fa) (bowling)
• Polish: kręgle (pl) pl
• Portuguese: boliche (pt) m, bólingue (pt) m (Portugal)
• Romanian: bowling (ro), popice
• Russian: бо́улинг (ru) m (bóuling), игра́ в ке́гли f (igrá v kégli), ке́гли (ru) f pl (kégli), кегельба́н (ru) m (kegelʹbán)
• Spanish: bolos (es) m
• Swedish: bowling (sv) c
• Turkish: bovling (tr)
• Ukrainian: бо́улінг m (bóulinh), гра́ в ке́глі f (hrá v kéhli), ке́глі f pl (kéhli), кегельба́н m (kehelʹbán)
• Welsh: bowlio (cy) m

several similar games

• Finnish: keilapeli
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(cricket) propelling the ball towards the batsman

• Telugu: బౌలింగు (bauliṅgu)
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a walking style

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action of the verb “to bowl”

• Finnish: keilaaminen (fi)
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• Macedonian: ку́глање n (kúglanje)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} bolos (es) m pl
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See also

• boules
• bowls
• crown green bowling
• lawn bowls
• ninepins
• skittles
• 🎳 (emoji)

Anagrams

• blowing

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.liŋ/

• Audio:

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Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)

1. bowling

   Elle adore jouer au bowling. ― She loves to play bowling.

2. A place where one can play bowling.

Further reading

• “bowling”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

Noun

bowling m (uncountable)

1. ten-pin bowling
2. bowling alley

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Spanish

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboulin/ [ˈbou̯.lĩn]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbolin/ [ˈbo.lĩn]

Noun

bowling m (plural bowlings)

1. bowling alley

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bowling.

Noun

bowling c

1. bowling; a game played by rolling a ball down an alley

Declension

Declension of bowling
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bowling	bowlingen	—	—
Genitive	bowlings	bowlingens	—	—