cafeteria bowling

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Meaning · English

Poor-quality bowling which is easy to hit, allowing the batters to help themselves to runs.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English
Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “cafeteria bowling” mean?

Poor-quality bowling which is easy to hit, allowing the batters to help themselves to runs.

Is “cafeteria bowling” formal or informal?

cafeteria bowling is generally slang.