"bodyline" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-bodyline.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bodyline (not comparable)
  1. (cricket, now historical) Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket. Tags: historical, not-comparable Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-bodyline-en-adj-5zHzEGrY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-bodyline.ogg [Australia] Forms: bodylines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bodyline (countable and uncountable, plural bodylines)
  1. Alternative form of body line Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: body line Derived forms: bodyliner
    Sense id: en-bodyline-en-noun-qPJgBYhQ

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bodyline meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

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