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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• Tandem
  See double wood.

• Tapered
  Any hole in which the upper diameter of the hole is larger than the bottom.

• Thumb weight
  An imbalance in a bowling ball which effectively makes the half of the ball containing the thumb heavier than the half containing the fingers, separated by the midline.

• Track
  See ball track, also the name of a manufacturer of bags, balls and accessoiries for bowlers.

• Track flare
  The result of the migration of a bowling ball from the bowler’s axis of rotation to the ball’s preferred spin axis.

• Track flare management
  The regulation of the position of the flare intersections and thus the amount of flare.

• Tracked
  See blocked.

• Traction
  The power, as of tires on pavement, to grip or hold to a surface while moving without slipping.

• Turkey
  Three strikes in a row.

• Tweener
  Bowler with a style between that of a stroker and a cranker.