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| billiard |
a billiard shot in which the cue ball hits two other balls in succession. [1/2 definitions] |
| billiards |
(used with a sing. verb) a game played on a cloth-covered rectangular table that has a cushioned rim, in which players use a long cue stick to drive hard balls against one another or into pockets at the edges and corners of the table. (Cf. pool2.) |
| cue1 |
to signal by giving a cue to. [1/3 definitions] |
| cue2 |
in pool, to set (the cue ball) in a proper shooting position. [1/4 definitions] |
| cue ball |
the solid white ball set in motion by the cue in pool and billiards. |
| massé |
a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically, esp. to make the cue ball curve around another ball that is obstructing an object ball. |
| miscue |
in billiards, a mistake caused by failing to stroke the ball properly with the cue. [3/6 definitions] |
| pocket billiards |
any of several versions of billiards or pool played on a six-pocket table with a cue ball and fifteen numbered balls. |
| scratch |
in pool or billiards, a shot that results in a penalty, esp. when the cue ball jumps the cushion or enters a pocket. [1/22 definitions] |
| shuffleboard |
a game in which disks are thrust with a long-handled, pronged cue along a smooth, marked floor or deck toward numbered scoring positions. |
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