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eight ball
eight balln. Games 1. A black pool ball that bears the number eight.2. A game in billiards played with a cue ball and 15 object balls in which the winner must pocket the eight ball after pocketing the seven balls numbered either higher than or lower than the eight ball, with the requirement that the cue ball must first strike one of the seven balls allotted to a player for a shot to be legitimate. A player who pockets the eight ball before the other seven automatically loses.Idiom: behind the eight ball Slang In an unfavorable or uncomfortable position.eight balln1. (Billiards & Snooker) (in pool) the black ball, marked with the number eight2. behind the eight ball in a difficult situation; snookeredThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  eight ball - a black pool ball bearing the number 8; should be the last to go in certain pool gamespool ball - ball used in playing pool |
eight ball
eight ball1. One of the numbered balls used in the game of pool, and the last one supposed to be hit into a pocket. And now, for the win: eight ball, corner pocket.2. A billiard game in which the winner must hit seven balls into the pockets followed by the eight ball. Pocketing the eight ball before any of the others results in an automatic loss. Here's a pool cue—do you know how to play eight ball?3. slang One-eighth ounce of an illegal drug (often cocaine or an amphetamine). I scored us some eight balls from my dealer.See also: ball, eighteight ball
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