Verb I don't think I can bowl a 12-pound ball. We bowl every Thursday night. Do you like to bowl? I haven't bowled since I was a kid. She usually bowls around 150.
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla; akin to Old High German bolla blister
Noun (2) and Verb
Middle English boule, from Middle French, from Latin bulla bubble
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1