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eight ball
noun
1. : a black pool ball numbered 8
2. : a game of pool played with a cue ball and 15 object balls in which a player or side must pocket either the balls numbered from one to seven or nine to 15 and in which the winner is the player or side that first pockets its numerical group and then legally pockets the eight ball
3. : a round black nondirectional microphone
4. slang : negro — usually used disparagingly
5. slang : a soldier often in trouble : misfit, sad sack
< for … a chronic eight ball in perpetual flight from life, going AWOL is an easy decision — Taliaferro Boatwright >
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- behind the eight ball |