Bowl Definition
- to knock over with or as with something rolled
- to astonish or amaze, thrill or delight, etc.
the election results bowled them over
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bowl
Origin of Bowl
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From Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, bolle (“bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô, *bullǭ (“ball, round vessel, bowl”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhl-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to blow, inflate, swell, bubble”). Cognate with North Frisian bol (“bun, bread roll”), Middle Low German bolle, bole (“round object”), Dutch bol (“ball, sphere, scoop, dot”), German Bolle (“bulb”), Danish bolle (“bowl, bread roll”), Icelandic bolli (“cup”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English bowle, boule, from Old French boule (“ball”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, stud, round object”), from Proto-Indo-European *bōul- (“bubble, round object”). Cognate with Middle Low German poll (“head, top, summit”). More at poll.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English bowle from Old English bolla bhel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English boule from Old French from Latin bulla round object
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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