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Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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lift

Sports; Bowling

When upward motion is put on the ball by the fingers when it is released.

automatic foul detector

Sports; Bowling

This is a beam of light that sets off an alarm if a bowler's foot crosses over the foul line. The penalty for having your foot cross over the foul line is loss of pins for that ...

schleifer

Sports; Bowling

A strike where the pins slowly fall one by one. German

light hit

Sports; Bowling

A hit that is not directly hit the target pin.

automatic pinsetter

Sports; Bowling

A machine that resets the pins, if any are left standing, after the throw after first making sure any pins that have been knocked down are moved off the lane.

scratch

Sports; Bowling

A bowler's score without using a handicap.

light seven

Sports; Bowling

Results from a light hit on either side of the head pin and consequently a 2-4-5 or 3-5-6 split.