BOWL
verb
Definitions
- 1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. Shak.
- 2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.
- 3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnipsShak. To bowl (a player) out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.
Other Definitions
This word also has another definition:
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025