| A | B |
| Strike | Getting all 10 pins down on one shot |
| Spare | Getting all the pins down on two shots |
| Alley | Where you roll the ball |
| Frame | There are 10 of them in a bowling game |
| Headpin | The first pin |
| Pocket | The space between the head pin and the next pin |
| Brooklyn | The pocket on the left, for a right handed bowler |
| Turkey | Getting three strikes in a row |
| Grip | Your thumb and two outside fingers ("Hook 'em Horns!) |
| Split | When two or more pins are left standing far apart |