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Definitions of billiards
  1. noun
    any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
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  • break the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
  • cannon a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
  • cue sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
  • billiard of or relating to billiards
  • masse a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
  • carom a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
  • miscue a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
  • billiard marker a device for keeping the score in a game of billiards
  • masse shot a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
  • billiard parlor a room in which billiards is played
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