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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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lane

Sports; Bowling

The long wooden or urethane surface you throw the ball down. Lanes are 62' feet 10-3/4 inches long and are 42 inches wide. The ten pins the bowler aims for are spaced one foot ...

alley

Sports; Bowling

A single lane is 60 feet long when measured from the foul line to the head pin and is 41 to 42 inches wide. Bowling lanes can be made of wood, such as maple and pine boards, or ...

run

Sports; Bowling

This is a lane on which the ball easily hooks.

late 10

Sports; Bowling

When the number 10 pin pauses and then is the last pin to go down on a strike.

runway

Sports; Bowling

See Platform and / or Approach

leadoff man

Sports; Bowling

On a team this is the first person to bowl.

angle

Sports; Bowling

This refers to the direction the ball is traveling when it enters into the 1-3 pocket or the 1-2 pocket for left handed bowlers.