bocce

Examples

• All

• Yeah, I play bocce ball with Tala's mother's second cousin.

  Easter Sunday (2022)

• And now we'll have some wine and some goat cheese and play bocce, yes?

  Avanti! (1972)

• We play bocce ball too; I lose.

  Blog text (28)

• Some members are competitive and play in other sports, but bocce is more of a chance to socialize.

  Blog text (32)

• Luke Lavoie shares the plans for a park and bocce ball court in Hickory Ridge.

  Blog text (17)

• Basketball, football, baseball, soccer, bocce ball, volleyball, handball.

  Blog text (33)

• A rear door led through an arbor covered with blossoming clematis to a spacious lawn where a tall white-haired man with a kind face was playing bocce alone with four balls: red, yellow, green, and blue.

  Fiction book (1999)

• They'd sat tucked in a back booth, twirling their forks in plates of linguine, and listening to a group of old Italian men playing bocce ball in the alley outside.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The local park features a beautifully maintained bocce court where families gather to play.

• During the tournament, teams gathered at the bocce court to compete for the championship.

Synonyms

B

boccie

vsbocce

• UK

9.9

A game where players roll balls on a long court to reach a small target ball

uses heavier weighted balls on a prepared long court rather than simple throwing

B

bocci

vsbocce

• UK

9.6

A game like bowling on a long narrow court where players throw balls to land closest to a small target

uses heavier weighted balls and controlled play rather than simple throwing

B

boules

vsbocce

7.5

An outdoor game where players throw heavy balls to land near a small target ball

is played on a long narrow prepared court with weighted balls not open ground

Compounds

B

bocce ball

1 5.3

A heavy ball in the Italian game of bocce that players roll to get close to the small target ball

Surface Forms

Etymology