gutter ball
Zero-pin roll
A gutter ball is a bowling ball that rolls into the gutter—the channel running alongside the lane—and fails to knock down any pins.
The term extends to any complete miss or total failure: That presentation was a gutter ball.
Also used attributively: a gutter ball throw.
- alleyNarrow way between buildings
- ballSpherical plaything or gala
- laneDesignated travel strip
- house ballBowling alley's communal equipment
- rollList of names
pins · bowling alley · foul line · split · embarrassment · whiff · air ball · bowler · league night · zero · miss · channel · frame · frustration · novice · beginner · beginner's luck · open frame
bowling outcome quality
gutter ballstrike
Forceful impact or stoppage
perfect game · turkey · spare · double · clean game
performance accuracy
gutter ballbullseye
Exact center target
hole in one · dead center · nothing but net · direct hit · on target
gutter, guttered, guttering, guttersnipe, gutterless, gutter balls