NINEPINS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ninepins mean? 

• NINEPINS (noun)
  The noun NINEPINS has 1 sense:

1. a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins

  Familiarity information: NINEPINS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NINEPINS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ninepins; skittles

Hypernyms ("ninepins" is a kind of...):

bowling (a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them)