Terms not defined in the glossary of bowling
A edit
- Acceleration
- Active release
- AJBC
- All the way
- Alley
- Angular move
- Apple
- Area
- Axis migration
- Axis point->PAP
- Axis weight
B edit
- Baby split with company
- Baby the ball
- Back end
- Back pitch
- Backup
- Backup alley
- Balance hole
- Balk
- Ball down
- Ball rack
- Ball sanding->Sanding
- Ball shining->Shining
- Ball start->push away
- Ball track
- Ball up
- Ball weight
- Barmaid
- Bed
- Bedposts
- Belly the ball
- Bellying->Deep inside line
- Bench work, bench jockeying
- Bicycle
- Big ball
- Big ears
- Big fill
- Big five
- Blow
- Blow a rack
- Blow the 5
- Blowout
- Body english
- Bolsa
- Bonus
- Bottom weight
- Box
- BPAA
- Break
- Breaking-in period
- Bridge
- Broken wrist
- Broom ball
- Bucket
- Burnt heads
C edit
- CC
- Center of gravity->CG
- CG
- Charge
- Cheater
- Cherry
- Choke
- Christmas tree
- Cincinnati
- Classified
- Closed frame->filled frame
- Clothes line
- Clothesline->picket fence
- Clutch
- Cocked wrist
- Coefficient of friction
- Creep speed
- Creeper
- Crooked arm
- Cross
- Crow hopper
- Crowning
- Curtain
- Curve
- Cushion
- Cutter
D edit
- Dead apple, dead ball
- Deep inside line
- Deflection
- Dime store
- Dinner bucket, dinner pail
- Dive
- Division boards
- Doctoring a lane
- Dodo
- Dots
- Dots (approach)
- Dots (foul line)
- Dots (mid-lane)
- Double pinochle
- Dovetails
- Dress the lane
- Drive
- Durometer
E edit
- Emblem
- Error
F edit
- Fair shot
- Faith, Hope, Charity
- Fast
- Fast 10-pin
- Fast 7-pin
- Fence posts
- Fifth arrow
- Fill
- Finger grips
- Finger smear test
- Finger weight
- First arrow
- Fit split
- Flat (oil pattern)
- Flat alley
- Flat arc
- Flat ball
- Flat hit
- Flip
- Floater
- Flood the lane
- Force
- Forward pitch
- Foul line
- Foundation
- Foundation, early
- Fourth arrow
- Friction
- Friction zone
- Fried heads->burnt heads
- Front end
- Frozen rope
- Fudge
- Full hit
- Full roller
- Full roller
G edit
- Getting the wood
- Give a shot
- Goal posts
- Golden gate
- Grab
- Grabbing lane
- Grasshopper
- Graveyards
- Grip
- Groove
- Grooved lane
- Gutter ball
H edit
- Half hit
- Hand
- Hard ball
- Hard way
- Hardness scale
- Heads
- Heavy pocket strike
- High board
- High hit
- High RG axis
- High roller
- High spinner
- Higher
- Hit flat
- Hit up
- Hold area
- Hold, holding alley
- Hole
- Hole alignment
- Home alley
- Honey
- Hook alley
- Hooking lanes
- Hot
- House condition
- House shot
I edit
- Illegal ball
- Imbalance
- In there
- In time
- Inertia
- Initial spin axis->PAP
- Inside house
- Intermediate RG axis
J edit
- Jack Manders
- Jam
- Jersey side
K edit
- Kick off
- Kill shot
- Kindling wood
- Kinetic energy
- Kitty
- Kresge
L edit
- Lane
- Lane analyzer
- Lane conditioner->Oil
- Lane conditioning
- Lane finish
- Lane track
- Late 10
- Late 10-pin
- Late 7-pin
- Late-roll strike
- Lateral pitch
- Launch angle
- Lay down distance
- Leadoff
- Left side pitch
- Left side weight
- Leverage weight
- Leverage window
- Lift
- Light pocket strike
- Lily
- Limited distance dressing (LDD)->Short oil
- Loading and unloading->Wristing
- Loafing
- Lofting
- Long oil
- Looper
- Loose hit
- Low RG axis
- Lustre King
M edit
- Maple
- Maples
- Mass
- Mass bias->PSA
- Maximum weight tolerances
- Maximum weights
- Medal play
- Miss
- Missed head pin
- Momentum
- Mother-in-law
- Move in
- Move out
- Mule ears
- Murphy
N edit
- NBC
- Negative weight
- Negative weights
- Neutral stance
- Neutral timing
- Nose hit
- Nothing ball
O edit
- Off-the-wall shot
- Offset
- Oil barrier
- One in the dark
- Open
- Open up (lane)
- Open up a lane
- Optimal axis rotation
- Out and in
- Out of bounds
- Out of the pit
- Outside house
- Over
- Over turn
P edit
- Pack
- Pancake weight block
- Parallel move
- Part of the building
- Passive release
- Pearl (coverstock)
- Pick
- Picket fence
- Pie alley
- Pin
- Pin in
- Pin out
- Pinching the ball
- Pine
- Plastic ball
- Play the gutter
- Pocket 7-10
- Point
- Poison ivy
- Polyester
- Polyurethane->Urethane
- Poodle
- Porosity
- Positive axis point->PAP
- Positive weight
- Positive weights
- Pot game
- Powder puff, puff ball
- Power player
- Power player->Cranker
- Powerhouse
- Pre-reading a lane
- Puddle
- Pull
- Pumpkin
- Punch out
- Push (noun)
- Push (verb)
- Put down and inside shot
- Put down and outside shot
Q edit
- Quick eight
R edit
- Railroad
- Rap
- Rat club
- Reading the lanes
- Return
- Reverse
- Reverse block
- Reverse pitch->Back pitch
- Rico
- Right side pitch
- Right side weight
- Ringing 10-pin
- Ringing 7-pin
- Rock
- Rocket speed
- Rotational kinetic energy
- Rubber
- Rubber ball
- Run, running lane
- Runway
S edit
- Sand trap
- Sanding
- Sandwich game
- Sarge Easter grip
- Scenic route
- Schleifer
- Second arrow
- Semi-fingertip
- Semifingertip grip
- Semiroller
- Seventh arrow
- Shining
- Short oil
- Short pin
- Shotgun shot
- Shur-Hook
- Side weights
- Sidearming
- Sidewalls
- Sixth arrow
- Slap 10-pin strike
- Slap 7-pin strike
- Slick
- Slot alley
- Small ball
- Snake eyes
- Snow plow
- Soft 10-pin
- Soft 7-pin
- Soft alley
- Soft ball
- Solid (coverstock)
- Solid 10-pin->Ringing 10-pin
- Solid 7-pin->Ringing 7-pin
- Sour apple
- Spare leave
- Spiller
- Spin
- Spin axis->axis of rotation
- Splasher
- Splice
- Spotty condition
- Static release
- Steal
- Stiff alley
- Stone 10-pin
- Stone 7-pin
- Straight player
- Straight wrist
- Strap ball
- Strap the ball
- Stretch fingertip
- Stretched grip
- Strike split
- String
- Suitcase grip
- Surface finish
- Sweeper
- Sweepstakes
- Swing area
- Swisher
T edit
- Tactile lane test
- Take away the pocket, take away the shot
- Tandem
- Taper the lane
- Targeting arrows
- Targeting dots
- Telephone poles
- Thin hit
- Third arrow
- Three-bagger
- Three-quarter roller->Semiroller
- Through the face
- Through the nose
- Throwing rocks
- Thumb grips
- Thumb weight
- Thumb-bridge alignment
- Thumb-middle-finger alignment
- Thumb-ring-finger alignment
- Tight lanes
- Top spin
- Top weight
- Topping the ball
- Torque
- Touch
- Tour condition
- Track (ball)
- Track (lane)
- Track area
- Track->Ball track
- Translational kinetic energy
- Trip four
- Trip six
- Tripped 4
- Turn
- Tweener
- Twister->Cranker
U edit
- Umbrella ball
- Under
- Unfair shot
- Uniform playing condition
- Up the hill
V edit
- Velocity
- Venting
- Visual lane test
W edit
- Wall
- Walled lane->Blocked lane
- Walled up
- Walls->Kickbacks
- Water in the ball
- Weight hole->balance hole
- Wet condition
- Winding them in
- Wood
- Wooden bottles
- Woolworth
- Working ball
- Wrap 10-pin->ringing 10-pin
- Wrap 7-pin->ringing 7-pin
- Wristing
- WTBA
Y edit
- Yank the shot
Z edit
- Zero in
- Zero pitch
Existing edit
- Blind
- Block
- Blocked
- Blocked lane->walled lane
- Breaking down
- Cheese cakes
- Closed (stance)
- Conventional fit
- Fingertip fit
- Flat 10-pin
- Flat 7-pin
- Open (stance)
- Post
- Ringing 10-pin
- Ringing 7-pin
- Synthetic lanes
- X
Sources edit
- Ritger, Dick; Allen, George (1978). The Complete Guide to Bowling Spares.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Allen, George; Ritger, Dick (1981). The Complete Guide to Bowling Strikes.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Freeman, James; Hatfield, Ron (2018). Bowling Beyond the Basics: What's really happening on the lanes, and what you can do about it.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Herbst, Dan (1993). Bowling 300.