🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

볼링

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bolling

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bowling/ˈboʊ.lɪŋ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 주말마다 볼링을 치러 간다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A game in which players roll a heavy ball down a wooden or synthetic lane to knock down as many pins as possible.

    "We went to the local alley for a few rounds of bowling on Friday night."
  2. 2

    The action of delivering the ball in cricket towards the batsman.

    "His exceptional fast bowling dismantled the opposing team's batting lineup."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'bowl', originating in Middle English from Old French 'bouler' (to roll), ultimately tracing back to the Latin 'bullare' meaning to bubble or to boil, later shifting to describe spherical rolling objects.

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