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submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/dadjokes@lemmy.world

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[–] zweieuro@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Oohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that 'bowl' is short for bowling.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You could also read it as a vowel.

(in bowling) to roll a ball along a smooth surface during a game of bowls or bowling

(in Cricket) to throw a ball towards a batsman (= the player who hits the ball) using a vertical circular movement of the arm while running:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bowl

[–] pipes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

It's not short for bowling (although it can be expressed like that too), it's the infinitive form of the verb, to bowl. "Have you seen the birds fly?"