- headpin bowling
- noun
: bowling in which a bowler aims directly at the 1-3 pocket when attempting to make a strike — compare spot bowling
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
headpin bowling
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Bowling — Ball und Pins Bowling ist eine Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in den Vereinigten Staaten entstandene Variante des Präzisionssports Kegeln. Dabei wird ein mit Bohrungen für die Finger versehener Ball auf eine Formation von zehn Pins geworfen.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
headpin — head pin (Bowling) n. The front pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins. Syn: kingpin. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
headpin — [hed′pin΄] n. the pin at the front of a triangle of bowling pins … English World dictionary
bowling — /boh ling/, n. 1. any of several games in which players standing at one end of an alley or green roll balls at standing objects or toward a mark at the other end, esp. a game in which a heavy ball is rolled from one end of a wooden alley at… … Universalium
bowling pin — noun a club shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target • Syn: ↑pin • Hypernyms: ↑bowling equipment • Hyponyms: ↑candlepin, ↑duckpin, ↑headpin, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
headpin — noun the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins • Syn: ↑kingpin • Hypernyms: ↑bowling pin, ↑pin * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a bowling pin that stands foremost in the arrangement of pins called also … Useful english dictionary
bowling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tenpins, duckpins, candlepins; ninepines, skittles; lawn bowling, bowls. See amusement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bowls, duckpins, candlepins, ninepins, tenpins, bocce ball, lawn bowling, skittles,… … English dictionary for students
headpin — noun Date: 1927 a bowling pin that stands foremost in the arrangement of pins … New Collegiate Dictionary
headpin — /hed pin /, n. Bowling. the pin standing nearest to the bowler when set up, at the head or front of the triangle; the number 1 pin. [1930 35; HEAD + PIN] * * * … Universalium
headpin — noun The kingpin (in ten pin bowling) … Wiktionary
