The Game » Glossary

Here you can find a glossary of bowlingterms sorted by alphabet. You can choose a letter of the alphabet by clicking on one of the letters in the menu below. He and his should be read as 'he and his or she and her' throughout this glossary.

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• Greek church
  This is the 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 split.

• Gripper
  See squeezer.

• Gutter
  The lowered gullies on either side of the lane which force the ball into the pit not allowing them contact with the pins.

• Gutter ball
  A ball that does not contact any pins because it has been rolled down the lane in the gutter. Zero pins are being counted, even if the ball comes back out of the gutter to hit a pin.