bowlup (third-person singular simple presentbowls up,present participlebowling up,simple past and past participlebowled up)

1. (intransitive, informal) To travel or arrive in a wheeled vehicle.
2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To pack thebowl of apipe withsmokablematerial.
   • 2016 June 8, John Doran, quoting Tom Sheehan, “Legendary Photographer Tom Sheehan Explains His Iconic Images”, inVICE‎^[1], archived fromthe original on8 November 2023:

     When webowled 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 isElon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him”, inKatharine Viner, editor,The Guardian‎^[2], London:Guardian News & Media,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on6 November 2023:

     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 boybowl up and flashDorothy Parker.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seebowl,‎up.
   • 2006 October 28, “CIS: Western and Queen’s score upsets in OUA playoffs”, inThe Globe and Mail‎^[3], Toronto, ON:The Woodbridge Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on11 November 2023:

     The five-foot-nine seniorbowled 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.

• “bowl up” inIdioms and phrases,TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026.

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