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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The white ball that is propelled with the cue in billiards and pool.
Wiktionary
- n. snooker, pool, billiards The white ball which, struck by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.
- n. pejorative a bald person
WordNet 3.0
- n. the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue
Examples
“Finally, in regards to the term snookered, in the billiard world this term is used to describe a situation when a shooter finds the cue ball in a position from which he cannot make a direct hit on the intended object ball; he is snookered, not deceived, just blocked from a direct route to make a legal shot.”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“When he shot, the cue ball curved off his stick, describing a C-shaped curve, and sunk the six ball in the opposite corner.”
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