- eight ball
- noun Date: 1932 1. a black pool ball numbered 8 2. misfit
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eight ball
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Eight-ball — Eight ball, sometimes called stripes and solids and, more rarely, bigs and littles or highs and lows, is a pocket billiards (pool) game popular in much of the world, and the subject of international amateur and professional competition. Played on … Wikipedia
eight ball — ☆ eight ball n. Pool 1. a black ball with the number eight on it 2. a form of pool in which a player who inadvertently pockets the eight ball before pocketing all of his or her balls immediately loses the game: also written 8 ball or eight ball… … Universalium
Eight-Ball — est un super vilain appartenant à l univers de Marvel Comics. Il a été créé par Bob Budiansky et Bret Blevins dans Sleepwalker #1 (Juin 1991). Origine Jeff Hagees était un ingénieur spécialisé dans l armement et les systèmes de missiles. Pour… … Wikipédia en Français
eight ball — ☆ eight ball n. Pool 1. a black ball with the number eight on it 2. a form of pool in which a player who inadvertently pockets the eight ball before pocketing all of his or her balls immediately loses the game: also written 8 ball or eight ball… … English World dictionary
Eight-ball — est un super vilain appartenant à l univers de Marvel Comics. Il a été créé par Bob Budiansky et Bret Blevins dans Sleepwalker #1 (Juin 1991). Origine Jeff Hagees était un ingénieur spécialisé dans l armement et les systèmes de missiles. Pour… … Wikipédia en Français
eight-ball — 1. noun a) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets. b) A billiard ball bearing the number eight. 2. verb To pot all ones colour balls and then the black ball… … Wiktionary
eight ball — /ˈeɪt bɔl/ (say ayt bawl) phrase behind the eight ball, Colloquial in an awkward or disadvantageous position. {from the game of eight ball, a form of pool2 (def. 8) …
eight ball — noun N. Amer. a variety of the game of pool. Phrases behind the eight ball informal at a disadvantage … English new terms dictionary
Eight ball (disambiguation) — Eight ball (among other spellings) may refer to:Games, sports and toys* Eight ball, a pocket billiards (pool) game; US originating it is now an internationally standardized professional tournament game * 8 ball pool and its variant blackball, a… … Wikipedia
eight ball, the — eight ,ball, the noun AMERICAN behind the eight ball INFORMAL in a difficult situation in which people are blaming you or expecting you to take action: The company was behind the eight ball due to a recent drop in sales … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
eight ball — noun a black pool ball bearing the number 8; should be the last to go in certain pool games • Hypernyms: ↑pool ball … Useful english dictionary
