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bowled
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roll a ball down a lane |
| Synonyms: | fling, hurl, pitch, play duckpins, play tenpins, revolve, rotate, spin, throw, trundle, whirl |
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| Concept: | [Repeated and protracted sounds] Roll. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
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-nouns
roll; drumming; berloque, bombination, rumbling; tattoo; dingdong; tantara; rataplan; whirr; ratatat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari, racket; cuckoo; repetition; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation.
-verbs
roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate., hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat., drum in the ear, din in the ear.
-adjectives
rolling; monotonous (repeated); like a bee in a bottle.
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