bowl up

English

Verb

bowl up (third-person singular simple present bowls up, present participle bowling up, simple past and past participle bowled up)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To pack the bowl of a pipe with smokable material.
   • 2016 June 8, John Doran, quoting Tom Sheehan, “Legendary Photographer Tom Sheehan Explains His Iconic Images”, in VICE‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-11-08:

     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.

   • 2023 October 23, Zoe Williams, “Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-06:

     Of the many points Musk missed when he bought Twitter, one concerned the standard of content he was seeking to govern. It's like watching a drunk frat boy bowl up and flash Dorothy Parker.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl,‎ up.
   • 2006 October 28, “CIS: Western and Queen’s score upsets in OUA playoffs”, in The Globe and Mail‎^[3], Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-11:

     The five-foot-nine senior bowled up the middle for a 55-yard gain to set up a field goal and then scored off a one-yard plunge in a 10-point third quarter.

See also

• ball up (“to smoke marijuana”)

 

References

• “bowl up” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.