Sports Genius
Glossary of Bowling Terms
0-9
2 pin
2-8/Double wood
2-10
3-10/Baby Split
300
4-6-7-8-10/Greek church
4-6-7-10/Big four
5-7-10
7-10
7 pin/Stone 7
8 pin/Stone 8
9 pin/Stone 9

A
Abralon
Alley
Approach
Around the ball
Arrows
Axis rotation
Axis tilt

B
Back (x)
Back-up
Backend
(x) Bagger
Baker's Doubles
Behind the ball
Block(ed) pattern
Boards
Breakdown
Breakpoint
Brooklyn
Burn-marks
Burned
C
Carry
Carry-down
Catch a handful
CG
Clean game
Core
Coverstock
Cranker

D
Dead wood
Dry
Dots
Double
Double Dribble
Dry board
Dull ball
Dutch 200

E

F
(x pin) Fill
Filling frames
Flat pattern
Flush pocket
Foul
Foul line
Frames
Fresh oil/Fresh pattern
Front (x)
Front
Foundation-frame
Friction
Full roll
G
Give it the business
Grand Slam
Gutter
Guttercap

H
Handicap
Head oil
Head pin to the side wall
High hit
High flush
Hit the ball
Home alley
House pattern

I
Inside

J
Jersey Smasher

K
Kill the ball
King-pin
L
Lanes are on fire
Leave nothing in the bag
Light 7
Line
Loft
Loft the gutter
Long patterns

M
Majors
Mark
Medium patterns
Messenger
Midlane
Minus (x)
Miss it at the bottom
Missing target in/out
Mixer

N

O
Off-hit
Oil
Oil ratio
Oil pattern
Open (frame)
Outside
Over-under

P
Pace
PAP
PBA
Pearl ball
Pin
Pin (bowling ball)
Pin bowling
Pin deck bounces
Pit
Plastic ball
Play the gutter
Plus (x)
Punch out
Pocket
Polished ball
Power player
Pull the ball
Putting hand

Q

R
Rack
Reactive resin ball
Rev-rate
Reverse block
Ringing 7/10
Rip the coverstock
Roll

S
Sandbagger
Scratch
Scotch doubles
Short pattern
Shredding the rack
Slick
Snow Plow
Spare
Split
Span
Strike
Stroker
Synthetic lanes

T
Tacky
Through the nose
Transition
Triple Crown
Tucked pinkey
Turkey/Three bagger
Tweener
Two-handed
Typography

U
Urethane ball
USBC

V

W
Washout
Weak 7/10
Weightblock
Weighthole
Wood lanes
WTBA

X

Y

Z