Dictionary

bocce en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɑt͡ʃi/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• bŏchʹ-i (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bocce.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.
2. (countable) One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.
   • The object is throw or roll the bocces as close as possible to the pallino. 2012, Victoria Rowell, Paul Tukey, Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games, →ISBN:
   • When he first started we had to buy a smaller set of bocces because his hands were small. 2013 April 30, Paul Haigh, “Bocce star to represent Australia”, in Liverpool City Champion:
   • The side with their bocces closest to the pallino earns points. 2013 February 6, Brian Messenger, “Bocce balls are rolling”, in Eagle-Tribune:

Forms

Relateds

boccia

Translations (14)

fi bocce (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · de Boccia (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · ru бо́чче (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · it bocce (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · ja スポールブール (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · hu bocsa (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · ca botxes (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · es bochas (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · fr bocce (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · cmn 意大利式室外地滾球戲, 意大利式室外地滚球戏 (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · mk боќање (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · pt bocha (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · sh bȍćānje (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) · cmn 硬地滾球, 硬地滚球 (A game similar to bowls or pétanque)