bowl ‧ ing /ˈbəʊlɪŋ $ ˈboʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
1 . an indoor game in which you roll a large heavy ball along a wooden track in order to knock down a group of ↑ pin s (=wooden objects shaped like bottles) :
Do you want to go bowling with us Friday?
2 . the act of throwing a ball at the ↑ batsman in ↑ cricket