"bowl up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bowls up [present, singular, third-person], bowling up [participle, present], bowled up [participle, past], bowled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bowl up (third-person singular simple present bowls up, present participle bowling up, simple past and past participle bowled up)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bowl_up-en-verb-2qZ6d2jE
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To pack the bowl of a pipe with smokable material. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bowl_up-en-verb-QxK8rqo9
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, up. Related terms: ball up (english: to smoke marijuana)
    Sense id: en-bowl_up-en-verb-fuWsY3Mf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 17 20 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 24 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 18 66

Inflected forms

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        "To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle."
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        "(intransitive, informal) To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle."
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        {
          "ref": "2016 June 8, John Doran, quoting Tom Sheehan, “Legendary Photographer Tom Sheehan Explains His Iconic Images”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-11-08:",
          "text": "When we bowled up, it was at the tail end of a weekend party. There was a lot of smoking going on, there was a little kid, about 12 years old, rapping for everyone; he was great.",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 October 23, Zoe Williams, “Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-06:",
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        "To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle."
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