0 past simple and past participle of bowl
1 to roll a ball along a smooth surface during a game of bowls or bowling
2 to throw a ball towards a batsman (= the player who hits the ball) using a vertical circular movement of the arm while running:
I was completely bowled over.
I was bowled over with excitement when the announcement was made.
But let us not be bowled over by the figure, even in today's economic circumstances.
We only know the fact on the score sheet that he was bowled.
It is rather like going out to the crease, taking guard, being clean bowled and blaming one's bat.
The public figure who uses the information media for his own purposes should not complain if occasionally he gets one bowled back at him.
He is so sympathetic towards us that we are almost bowled over by the consideration that he has for our feelings in these matters.
I am sorry about that, but he has bowled me out on that point.
