(cricket) The number of runs conceded divided by the number of wickets taken, used as a statistic.

(cricket) A group of statistics listed for each bowler in a single innings:- number of overs bowled, number of maiden overs bowled, number of runs conceded and number of wickets taken.

(cricket) Out by being caught by the bowler.

(cricket) To bowl a batsman out with the ball hitting neither the bat nor the pads on the way to the stumps.

(idiomatic) One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.

(transitive, idiomatic, UK, figuratively) to surprise (someone); to introduce (to someone) something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction.

A sport where players roll a ball down a wooden pathway and try to knock down as many of the ten target pins as possible.

A building which contains lanes for bowling.

A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium. / (by extension) Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized.

Alternative spelling of bowling green