The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYou have to see itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1894arrow-down113
arrow-up1881arrow-down1imageYou have to see itlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarezweieuro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 months agoOohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that ‘bowl’ is short for bowling.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months agoYou 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
minus-squarepipes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt’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?”
Oohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that ‘bowl’ is short for bowling.
You could also read it as a vowel.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bowl
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?”