Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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 (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 — ☆ 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 — ☆ 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 — 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
Chinese eight-ball — is a two player pocket billiards game which combines the play of eight ball (except by shooting object balls into the cue ball instead of the normal vice versa) with the shooting style of carom billiards games. The game is actually of American… … Wikipedia
World Eight-ball Pool Federation — The World Eight ball Pool Federation is an international pool governing body overseeing international tournaments and rankings (sometimes called, as evidenced by the organisation name, eight ball, which is ambiguous, as that term more globally… … Wikipedia
IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship — The IPT World Open Eight ball Championship was an eight ball tournament held in Reno, Nevada by the International Pool Tour. It was the fourth and last event of the tour as of 2007. It was richest event in the history of cuesports. The total… … Wikipedia
