This page gathers the 40 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Pool”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- ball return noun A ramp inside the table, down which balls roll so they can be accessed.
- bank shot noun A shot in which the player causes the cue ball or an object ball to rebound off a cushion.
- black noun The black ball.
- break noun The first shot in a game of billiards.
- bridge noun A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
- cannon verb To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.
- check side noun A sidespin of the cue ball which makes it bounce off the cush, or off another ball, at a shallower angle than normal.
- clearance noun The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
- cue verb To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
- cue ball noun The white ball which, after being struck by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.
- cue up verb To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.
- cush noun The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly.
- cushion noun The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
- develop verb To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- double verb To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- eight-ball verb To outplay (an opponent) by potting all one's color balls and then the black (or eight-ball) without the opponent potting a single one.
- eyeballer noun A secret accomplice who surreptitiously watches the competition and interferes by causing a distraction to prevent the opponent from…
- fine adv In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to…
- in hand prep_phrase Of the cue ball: not on the table; able to be positioned by the current player.
- in-off adv Of the cue ball: (going) into a pocket, after cannoning another ball.
- knuckle noun The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- pack noun A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- pocket verb To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
- pot verb To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- pottable adj Able to be potted.
- rack verb To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- rerack verb To rack (the balls) again, as when preparing for a new game.
- respot verb To replace a ball on its correct spot on a snooker, billiards or pool table.
- run of the ball noun A run of good luck; a situation where a player is able to make his or her desired shots without difficulty.
- run the table verb To succeed in potting all of one's balls in a single turn.
- screw verb To screw back.
- screw back verb To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.
- screwback noun The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.
- shimmed adj Having shims that reduce its size
- side noun Sidespin; english
- sink verb To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
- snooker noun The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.
- string noun The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table…
- stun noun The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
- white noun The cue ball in cue games.