n. 25B6; verb
he bowled a hundred or so balls : PITCH, throw, propel, hurl, toss, lob, loft, fling, launch, deliver; spin, roll; informal chuck, sling, bung, heave, buzz; dated shy.
the car bowled along the roads : HURTLE, speed, shoot, sweep, career, hare, fly; informal belt, tear, scoot; Brit. informal bomb; N. Amer. informal clip.
25A0; bowl someone over
the explosion bowled us over : KNOCK DOWN/OVER, fell, floor, prostrate.
(informal) I have been bowled over by your generosity : OVERWHELM, astound, astonish, overawe, dumbfound, stagger, stun, daze, shake, take aback, leave aghast; informal knock sideways, flabbergast, blow away; Brit. informal knock for six.