(n): a contest with rules to determine a winner
(n): (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
(n): the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
(n): the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
(n): the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
bowl
(v): roll (a ball)
(v): move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
(v): hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
(v): throw forcefully
(v): engage in the sport of bowling
(v): participate in games or sport
"Now before anyone lectures me about advising under the influence, please note that writing an advice column is a lot like bowling: Not only can you do it drunk, you're probably better at it drunk. My good friend Miss Manners won't even look at her mail until she's ripped to the tits."
—Dan Savage, "Savage Love," August 17, 2006
In the U.S. a term meant to refer to ten-pin bowling.