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Bowling

Terms of or pertaining to a sport in which the object of the game is to knock over a set of pins by rolling a heavy ball across a defined boundary.

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finger grips

Sports; Bowling

Inserts placed into the finger and/or thumb holes. The inserts help the bowler grip the ball and they also allow the bowler to put more spin on the ball.

nothing ball

Sports; Bowling

A ball that is ineffective when it hits the pins.

fingertip

Sports; Bowling

A specific kind of bowling ball grip. The bowlers fingers are far enough away from the thumb that they can be inserted into the ball only as deep as the first joint. The advantage to this is that it ...

on the nose

Sports; Bowling

See Nose Hit.

fit split

Sports; Bowling

A two-pin split where the ball could hit both pins, because the pins are close together.

one-in-the-dark

Sports; Bowling

A pin in the rear in a 1-5, 2-8 or 3-9 spare. Also called a: barmaid, bicycle, double wood, mother-in-law, sleeper, tandem.

five-bagger

Sports; Bowling

When a bowler throws five strikes in a row.

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