noun
- Plural of boccie; a lawn game played with weighted balls, similar to bowls or petanque.
Usage: informal; also spelled bocce, boccia, or bocci; commonly played in Italian-American communities
Examples
- We played boccies in the park on Saturday afternoon.
- The neighborhood boccie court was packed with players during the summer tournament.
- My grandparents taught me how to play boccies when I was young.
- They set up boccies in the backyard for the family gathering.
- The boccies rolled across the grass toward the pallino.