Definition of "bowling" []

• A game played by rolling a ball down a wooden alley in order to knock down a triangular group of ten pins. Also called tenpins. (noun)
• A similar game, such as duckpins or ninepins. (noun)
• Lawn bowling. (noun)
• The playing of one of these games. (noun)

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