Bowling

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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throwing rocks

Sports; Bowling

A bowler who scores high by throwing a very fast ball.

A strike, even though the ball misses the head pin. The name comes from the fact that typically the 4, 2, and 1 fall very slowly onto each other in that order. We sat typically because this can also ...

tickler

Sports; Bowling

When the 6-pin gently knocks over the 10-pin with the outcome being a strike. The 6-pin is the tickler.

creeper

Sports; Bowling

A really slow ball.

topping the ball

Sports; Bowling

When the ball is released the thumb stays inside the ball too long. The result is the bowlers fingers go over top of ball instead of behind or to the side o fit and so ball has little or no power or ...