bowling

bowling
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. tenpins, duckpins, candlepins; ninepines, skittles; lawn bowling, bowls. See amusement.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. bowls, duckpins, candlepins, ninepins, tenpins, bocce ball, lawn bowling, skittles, American bowls, kegling*.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
tenpins, candlepins, duckpins, kegling, skittles, bocci.
WORD FIND
• area most likely to yield strike: pocket
• body movement of bowler after shot: body English
• bowler: kegler
• central pin: kingpin, headpin
• curving shot: hook
• gutter, in the: gutter ball
• knock down ten with one shot: strike, mark
• knock down ten with two shots: spare, mark
• one game: string
• pin-setting machine: pinsetter
• shot that leaves a gap between pins: split
• spin imparted on the ball: English
• unit of game, 1/10th: frame
• wide split: goalposts, mule ears, bedposts

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