simple past tense and past participle of bowl over

(cricket, of a side) To take all the opponents' wickets (in whatever way) and thus end their innings. / (cricket, of a bowler or batsman) To dismiss or be dismissed bowled.

(cricket) The white line marked at each end of the pitch through the wicket and ending at the return creases. When bowling the bowler's front foot must not cross this line until after the ball has been delivered.

(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) 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.