1. (

• bowling

) a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them ;

2. (

• bowling ,

) (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman ;

3. (

• bowling ,

) the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc ;

1. (

• bowl

) roll (a ball) ;

2. (

• bowl ,

) hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end ;

3. (

• bowl

) engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights" ;