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D  D.O.a. Short for "dead on arrival"; applied to a dead ball.    Darts See arrows.    Dead Ball A ball that hits the pins slowly and with little action.    Dead Wood Pins that remain on the lane or in the gutter after being knocked down. They are removed in ten-pin, but left in place in both candlepin and duckpin bowling.    Delivery A bowler's entire movement, from approach to follow-through.    Deuce A 200 game.    Dime Store The 5-10 split.    Dinner Bucket Same as bucket.    Dive A sharp, last-instant break by the ball; it is said to "dive into the pocket."    Dots Markers on the runway that guide the bowler's approach.    Double Two consecutive strikes.    Double Pinochle Same as big ears.    Double Wood Same as barmaid.    Dummy Same as blind.    Dump To release the ball without bending the knee, which usually makes it travel through the air before plopping down on the lane.    Dutch 200 A game in which a bowler alternates strikes and spares for a 200 score.