bowl over
noun
1.
one of the balls, having little or no bias, used in playing ninepins or tenpins.
2.
one of the biased or weighted balls used in lawn bowling.
3.
4.
a delivery of the ball in bowling or lawn bowling.
5.
(formerly) a rotating cylindrical part in a machine, as one to reduce friction.
verb (used without object)
6.
to play at bowling or bowls; participate in or have a game or games of bowling.
7.
to roll a bowl or ball.
8.
to move along smoothly and rapidly.
9.
Cricket. to deliver the ball to be played by the batsman.
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verb (used with object)
Verb phrases 10.
to roll or trundle, as a ball or hoop.
11.
to attain by bowling: He bowls a good game. She usually bowls a 120 game, but today she bowled 180.
12.
13.
to carry or convey, as in a wheeled vehicle.
14.
Cricket. to eliminate (a batsman) by bowling (usually followed by out ): He was bowled for a duck. He was bowled out for a duck.
15.
bowl over, to surprise greatly: We were bowled over by the news.
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bowl1 (bəʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a round container open at the top, used for holding liquid, keeping fruit, serving food, etc |
| 2. | Also: bowlful the amount a bowl will hold |
| 3. | the rounded or hollow part of an object, esp of a spoon or tobacco pipe |
| 4. | any container shaped like a bowl, such as a sink or lavatory |
| 5. | chiefly (US) a bowl-shaped building or other structure, such as a football stadium or amphitheatre |
| 6. | See also dust bowl a bowl-shaped depression of the land surface |
| 7. | literary |
| a. a drinking cup | |
| b. intoxicating drink | |
| [Old English bolla; related to Old Norse bolli, Old Saxon bollo] | |
| bowl2 (bəʊl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a wooden ball used in the game of bowls, having flattened sides, one side usually being flatter than the other in order to make it run on a curved course |
| 2. | a large heavy ball with holes for gripping with the fingers and thumb, used in tenpin bowling |
| —vb (usually foll by along) | |
| 3. | to roll smoothly or cause to roll smoothly, esp by throwing underarm along the ground |
| 4. | to move easily and rapidly, as in a car |
| 5. | cricket |
| a. to send (a ball) down the pitch from one's hand towards the batsman, keeping the arm straight while doing so | |
| b. Also: bowl out to dismiss (a batsman) by delivering a ball that breaks his wicket | |
| 6. | (intr) to play bowls or tenpin bowling |
| 7. | (tr) (in tenpin bowling) to score (a specified amount): he bowled 120 |
| [C15: from French boule, ultimately from Latin bulla bubble] | |
| bowl over | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | informal to surprise (a person) greatly, esp in a pleasant way; astound; amaze: he was bowled over by our gift |
| 2. | to knock (a person or thing) down; cause to fall over |
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Word Origin & History
bowl
O.E. bolla "pot, cup, bowl," from P.Gmc. *bul- "a round vessel" (cf. O.N. bolle, O.H.G. bolla), from PIE *bhl-, from base *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole).
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Slang Dictionary
bowl definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Bible Dictionary
Bowl definition
The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33, 34; 37:17, 19, 20); the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered "cup" (Gen. 44:2, 12, 16), and wine "pot" (Jer. 35:5). The reservoir for oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah's vision of the candlestick, is called also by this name (Zech. 4:2, 3); so also are the vessels used for libations (Ex. 25:29; 37:16).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases
bowl over
Astonish, surprise greatly, overwhelm, as in I was simply bowled over by their wonderful performance. This term originated in cricket, where it means "to knock all the bails off the wicket." [Mid-1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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