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Object ball

The ball which the cue ball is intended to hit.

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noun
  1. 1

    The ball which the cue ball is intended to hit.

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cue ballnoun(snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, stricken by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.
cueballnounAlternative spelling of cue ball. [(snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, stricken by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.]
snooker ballnounAny of the hard balls used in the sport of snooker.
billiard ballnounAny of the balls used in billiards.
whitenounThe color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
hanging ballnoun(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A ball that is in the jaws of a pocket
blacknoun(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
game ballnounThe ball that is used to play a sport.
frame ballnoun(snooker) The ball that will take the player's score past the theoretical winning point, even though the frame is not finished and there are still some balls remaining on the table.
8 ballnoun(slang) An eighth of an ounce, especially as a drug quantity.
eight-ballnoun(uncountable) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.
eight ballnounAlternative form of eight-ball. [(uncountable) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.]
nine ballnounAlternative spelling of nine-ball. [A form of pool in which players must hit with the cue ball the object ball with the lowest numerical value, but may legally pot any ball apart from the white; whichever player pots the nine ball wins the game.]
out ballnoun(soccer) A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.
pinballnoun(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.
golf ballnounA small, usually white ball that is designed for use in the game of golf.
colornoun(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
ballnounA solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
playballnounA ball for use in games.
bowling ballnoun(bowling) A solid ball used in the sport of bowling, with finger holes allowing it to be picked up.

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