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BowlingFans.com Bowling Glossary
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G
- G board -
- The gutter.
Get away -
- The act of getting something positive out of a bad release or poorly thrown shot.
Gift -
- A very lucky result.
Goal posts -
- The 7-10 split.
Go long -
- A balls skids farther down the lane before starting its hook.
Goose egg -
- 1) A split as the scoring symbol for a split is a "O".
- 2) Zero pins knocked down on a shot.
Grab -
- The act of the ball reacting to the friction of the lane and ball surface.
Grandma's teeth -
- The 4-6-7-10 split or any of the "big five" split combinations.
Grave yard -
- Low scoring lanes or center.
Gray board -
- The gutter.
Greasy -
- 1) Describes a very oily/heavily conditioned lane.
- 2) Bowling center food.
Greek church -
- A split leave of five pins similar to the 4-6-7-9-10; so called because it reminds people of an old cathedral type church with spires etc.
Gripper/squeezer -
- Someone who holds on to the ball with excessive force.
Groove -
- 1) Ball track or indentation in the lane.
- 2) A bowler that is performing particularly well.
Gross weight -
- The total dead weight of a bowling ball; often referred to as "gross weight before drilling".
Gutter -
- There are 2 channels on each side of the lane. Once a ball falls into the channel or gutter before hitting pins, the bowler shall receive a zero.
Gutter ball-
- Delivery which rolls off the lane and into the gutter. Once a ball falls into the channel or gutter before hitting pins, the bowler shall receive a zero.
Gutter shot -
- A line to the pocket that is from the released from the far outside, near board 1-2.
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