boccie

US: /ˈbɑtʃi/ ,(boch′ē)

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boc•cie or boc•ci or boc•ce/ˈbɑtʃi/   n. [uncountable]

1. Sport a type of lawn bowling played usually on a long, narrow dirt court:
   The old Italian men were playing their fiftieth game of boccie.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

boc•cie  (boch′ē), n. 

1. Sport an Italian variety of lawn bowling played on a dirt court that is shorter and narrower than the rink of a bowling green.

Also, boc•ci  (boch′ē; It. bôt′chē), boc•ce  (boch′ē; It. bôt′che), boc•cia  (boch′ə; It. bôt′chä). 

• Vulgar Latin *bottia round body
• Italian bocce bowls, plural of boccia ball
• 1900–05