bowl·ing (b??l?ng)n.1. a. A game played by rolling a ball down a wooden alley in order to knock down a triangular group of ten pins. Also called tenpins.b. A similar game, such as duckpins or ninepins.2. Lawn bowling.3. The playing of one of these games.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.bowling (?b??l??) n1. (Bowls & Bowling) any of various games in which a heavy ball is rolled down a special alley, usually made of wood, at a group of wooden pins, esp the games of tenpin bowling (tenpins) and skittles (ninepins)2. (Bowls & Bowling) the game of bowls3. (Cricket) cricket the act of delivering the ball to the batsman4. (Bowls & Bowling) (modifier) of or relating to bowls or bowling: a bowling team. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014bowl?ing (?bo? l??) n. any of several games in which players roll balls at standing objects or toward a mark, esp. a game in which a heavy ball is rolled down a wooden alley at wooden pins. [1525?35] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.