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C  Cc A 200 game.    Channel The formal name for a gutter.    Cheesy Cakes Lanes that are dressed so that it's easy to get strikes.    Cherry Same as chop.    Chicken Wing A type of arm swing in which the elbow moves out, away from the body.    Choke To perform poorly in an important situation because of nerves.    Chop To knock down one pin of a spare leave, while the pin next to or behind it remains standing.    Christmas Tree The 3-7-10 or 2-7-10 split; so-called because of the triangular arrangement.    Cincinnati The 8-10 split.    Clean Game A game with no open frames.    Clothesline The 1-2-4-7 or 1-3-6-10 leave.    Convert To make a spare after a split leave; loosely, to make any spare.    Count The number of pins knocked down with the first ball in a frame.    Cranker A bowler who lifts and turns the ball at the top of the backswing to generate a great deal of hooking action.    Crawler A strike on which the ball misses the head pin. So called because the 4, 2, and 1 pins usually fall slowly, like dominos, after the rest of the pins are down.    Creeper A slow ball.    Cross-Over A ball that results in a Brooklyn hit.    Curtain A blow in the last frame by the anchor man, when a spare would have won for his team.    Curve A ball that has a big, slow break. Compare to hook.    Cushion The padding at the back of the pit.    Cutter A very sharp-breaking hook.