- boccie ball
- nounwooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce• Syn: ↑bocce ball, ↑bocci ball• Hypernyms: ↑ball
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boccie — /boch ee/, n. an Italian variety of lawn bowling played on a dirt court that is shorter and narrower than the rink of a bowling green. Also, bocci /boch ee/; It. /bawt chee/, bocce /boch ee/; It. /bawt che/, boccia /boch euh/; It. /bawt chah/.… … Universalium
boccie — or bocci or bocce noun Etymology: Italian bocce, plural of boccia ball, from Vulgar Latin *bottia boss Date: 1860 a game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling played on a long narrow usually dirt court … New Collegiate Dictionary
boccie — boc•cie or boc•ci or boc•ce [[t]ˈbɒtʃ i[/t]] n. spo a variety of lawn bowling played usu. on a long, narrow dirt court • Etymology: 1900–05; < It bocce bowls, pl. of boccia ball < VL *bottia round body … From formal English to slang
boccie — noun Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court • Syn: ↑bocce, ↑bocci • Hypernyms: ↑bowling * * * /boch ee/, n. an Italian variety of lawn bowling played on a dirt court that is shorter and narrower than the rink of a bowling green. Also … Useful english dictionary
bocce ball — noun wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce • Syn: ↑bocci ball, ↑boccie ball • Hypernyms: ↑ball … Useful english dictionary
bocci ball — noun wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce • Syn: ↑bocce ball, ↑boccie ball • Hypernyms: ↑ball … Useful english dictionary
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