What do you call five strikes in a row in bowling?

Answer 1

3 strikes in a row is called a "Turkey"

4 in a row is called a "Hambone"

5 in a row in called a "Lamb Shank"

6 in a row is called a "Fillet Mignon"

7 in a row is called a "Lobster Tail"

Answer 2

First response:
That is just called for in a row. There is no special name for that.

Second Response:
The only answer is brought to us by the announcers at ESPN. They too struggled with a term for one strike after a Turkey. They named it "Hambone". This is the only one I know of at the time.

Third Response:
I thought it was called a 4-bagger. I have also heard it called a cherry.

Fourth Response:

It really has never had a universally accepted name the way that 3 strikes in a row is called a "turkey," but in 2006 or 2007, Pro Bowling announcer Rob Stone, basically a non-bowler but trying to show enthusiasm for the sport, coined the term "hambone" for 4 strikes in a row.

It's become something of a controversy, probably more so at the upper echelons of the sport, where people tend to take themselves more seriously. Some like it, giving the Professional Bowlers Association a bit of extra publicity and pizaz, while others think its a hokey stunt by a bowling interloper.

At bowling league levels, most of us are fairly happy throwing the term "hambone" out there, though where I am, only occasionally do I hear someone bring it up when 4 strikes in a row are thrown.

Fifth Response:
In classic bowling vernacular, the original name for four in a row was "clover." As in lucky as a four leaf clover for throwing one. In the early days of the game, it was very difficult to throw three in a row, never mind throwing four in a row. Then someone from ESPN created the misnomer, hambone.

The term hambone for four in a row came from Rob Stone, an ESPN announcer, who incidentally is not a bowler, made up the name himself because he wondered why there wasn't a term for four in a row if there was a turkey for three in a row.

I agree with the statement that where i bowl it is rarely brought up, but the statement about a "turkey" is incorrect. It has been around for many years and used in establishments at least back to the early 1900s. My grandfather said when he was a young boy and used to be the attendant, which back then meant you set up the pins and returned the balls, it was term often thrown around. Back then it was much more difficult to throw three in a row. The term came because sometimes when a turkey was thrown, the proprietor would give some prize, often times, it was a turkey. The term turkey is widely accepted in bowling vernacular and can be found in many books about bowling in general not to mention those written by bowlers and found on the internet, dictionaries and the like.

Answer 3

It is unofficially called a Hambone. This term was coined by PBA announcer Rob Stone.

4-bagger is the name it is commonly called.

Answer 4

its called a four bagger

Answer 5

A turkey

Answer 6

Five Bagger

Answer 7

A 4 banger

Answer 8

An

Answer 9

Hambone

Answer 10

Hambone