Skittles vs. Bowling

Skittlesnoun

plural of skittle

Skittlesnoun

A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.

Skittlesnoun

An informal form of chess played without a clock.

Skittles

An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.

Skittlesnoun

bowling down an alley at a target of nine wooden pins

Bowlingverb

present participle of bowl

Bowlingnoun

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling

Bowlingnoun

(New England) Candlepin bowling.

Bowlingnoun

Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.

Bowlingnoun

(cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.

Bowlingnoun

(slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.

Bowlingnoun

(gerund) The action of the verb bowl.

Bowlingnoun

(Ireland) Road bowling.

Bowlingnoun

The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.

Bowlingnoun

a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over

Bowlingnoun

(cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman

Bowlingnoun

the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc

Bowlingnoun

the game of bowls as a sport or recreation.

Bowlingnoun

the game of tenpin bowling.

Bowlingnoun

the game of skittles.

Bowlingnoun

the action of a bowler in sending down balls towards the batsman's wicket

Bowlingnoun

the bowlers in a team

Bowling

Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term bowling usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, bowling could also refer to target bowling, such as lawn bowls.