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bowl 2, verb (oh)



2 v
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: bowl 'ball used in bowling' (15-21 centuries), from Old French boule, from Latin bulla 'bubble']
[I and T] to roll a ball along a surface when you are playing the game of bowls
[I and T] a) to throw a ball at the batsman (=the person who hits the ball) in cricket
-see also bat bat
b) [T] to make a batsman have to leave the field by throwing a ball so that it hits the wicket behind him
[I always + adverb/preposition] to travel along very quickly and smoothly
bowl along/down
::We were bowling along at about 90 miles per hour.
bowl out [bowl sb ¡û¡ú out] phr v
in cricket, when a team is bowled out, each member of the team has had to leave the field and there is no one left to bat
bowl over [bowl sb ¡û¡ú over] phr v
to accidentally hit someone and knock them down because you are running in a place that is full of people or things
-synonym knock over knock over
to surprise, please, or excite someone very much
-synonym knock out knock out
::He was bowled over by her beauty.