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nounone of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowlingtype of:
Definition that contains tenpin
- split (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
- strike a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- spare a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
- bowling the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
- duckpin a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin
- ten-strike a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- duckpins a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider
- candlepin a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin