Bowled

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

2.verbTo throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

3.verbTo roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.

"We were bowled rapidly along the road."

4.verbTo pelt or strike with anything rolled.

5.adverb(Dismissed) by the bowled ball hitting and breaking the batsman's wicket.

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