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Meanings of boccie in English

Spanish
bochas

Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court.

bochas
Synonyms
Examples for "bocce"
Examples for "bocce"
1
There is a gentle tap as one bocce ball hits another.
The Irish Times
2
Two bocce-ball-like nodes locate the buzz from sunken treasures and report back their depths.
Wired
3
There was a softball field, a shuffleboard area, a couple of tennis courts, even bocce.
Doctor Sleep
4
He said a game of bocce with co-workers the other day led to some business insights.
Reuters
5
Enzo closes early on Thursdays to play bocce.
Roast mortem
1
But now that they can walk, let's offer to teach them how to dance and play tennis and bocci and golf.
Angel Island
2
Of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bocci the son of Jogli.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
3
And Abisue begot Bocci, and Bocci begot Ozi.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
4
"And then the instant they've had their dinner," Lulu continued, "off they go to that tiresome Clubhouse-fortennis and ball and bocci.
Angel Island
Usage of boccie in English
1
The shuffleboard and boccie ball courts were amazing, as befit, she supposed, an area with so many retirees.
Happiness key
2
They buried him in the backyard at Robert's, under a layer of cement right next to the boccie court.
Wiseguy
3
They wouldn't have even seen me if I hadn't tipped the bin over, spilling the green peppers everywhere, like boccie balls.
Bloodthirsty
4
The writer learned there was a boccie court in New York, off Court Street in Brooklyn & went there one Saturday, with Andrea, his interpreter.
The new yorker
5
The New Yorker, August 1, 1983 P. 27 Talk story about boccie, a game the writer became interested in while he was in Italy.
The new yorker
6
Boccie is played with heavy, grapefruit-size wooden balls, generally red or green.
The new yorker
Frequent collocations
Translations for boccie
Spanish
bochas
Boccie through the time