bowl game

English

Etymology

(American football): From Rose Bowl Game, played in the Rose Bowl stadium, in turn named for the bowl-shaped Yale Bowl.

Noun

bowl game (plural bowl games)

  1. (US, American football) A postseason college football competition.
    Synonym: bowl
  2. A Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.
    Synonym: hubbub
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