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Cushion: Part of the pinsetter at the back of the lane that absorbs the shock of pins and thrown balls. Also refers to the amount of a lead you have on your competition; i.e., I had a 30 pin cushion.

Cutter: A very sharp-breaking hook.

D.O.A.: Short for dead on arrival; applied to a dead ball.

Dancer: Pin bouncing end to end, or end over end (usually off to SIDEWALL).

Darts: See arrows.

Dash (-): A dash written in the place of a mark where scoring after two balls - indicates that no MARK was made in that box. (Dashes are used by scorekeepers in bowling competitions).

Dead Ball: A ball that is out of play, or that does not count as rolled (not fair, not foul). Also ball with little action. As it applies to resin balls, a ball is dead when the reaction cannot be obta . . . View Full Definition

Dead Wood: Pins that remain on the lane or in the gutter after being knocked down after the machine has reset the pins. They are removed in ten-pin before play continues, but left in place in both cand . . . View Full Definition

Deck: Shorthand for pindeck; the surface of the lane ends upon which the pins are spotted.

Deep Doodoo: What you are in if your opponent is zoned.

Deep Inside Line: A strike line that is popular among the big hook players in which the player stands on a high numbered board and aims for a lower numbered board; for a right handed player, this means that t . . . View Full Definition

Deflection: The movement of the ball or pins when they contact each other. Deflection is neither good nor bad, but you can have too much or too little. Deflection is needed to make many spares and to ge . . . View Full Definition

Delivered A Message: Usually means that a pin or pins came off the kickbacks to take out another pin or pins.

Delivery: A bowler's entire movement, from approach to follow-through. A thrown shot; the act of throwing a shot.

Deuce: A game of 200 or more.

Dexter Shoes: One of the big bowling shoe manufacturers.

Die: An expression used to indicate that the ball stopped its strong hooking action before entering the pocket. The ball died.

Differential: It is the difference between the lowest and highest RGs. You compute the high and subtract the low from that and you have the differential. There is no minimum for differential. What differe . . . View Full Definition

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