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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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high board

Sports; Bowling

Because lanes are made of wood, a change in the weather can result in a board in a lane expanding or contracting. This might be a slight change but it can be enough to change the ...

pull the rug

Sports; Bowling

When many of the pins shake for a time before they all fall down simultaneously resulting in a strike. Visually it looks like a rug had been pulled out from under the pins.

high hit

Sports; Bowling

A ball that hits the center of the head pin.

pumpkin

Sports; Bowling

A ball thrown softly, and without spin.

higher

Sports; Bowling

More to the left for right-handed bowlers and to the right for left-handed bowlers.

punch out

Sports; Bowling

To finish a game from any point with consecutive strikes.

holding alley

Sports; Bowling

A lane that prevents or defies the hooking action of a ball.