💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Touching ball"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| push shotnoun | (snooker) A shot where the cue ball is in contact with the object ball while the cue is in contact with the cue ball. Such a shot is a foul. |
| pushnoun | An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action. |
| free ballnoun | (snooker) A situation in which a player can play on any ball desired when snookered after a foul shot; also, that desired ball. |
| in-offnoun | (snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball goes into a pocket after striking the object ball. |
| snookernoun | A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries. |
| 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. |
| cueballnoun | Alternative 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.] |
| bank shotnoun | (basketball) A shot in which the basketball glances off the backboard before reaching the basket. |
| touchernoun | One who touches. |
| foul | Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc. |
| object ballnoun | (snooker, billiards) The ball which the cue ball is intended to hit. |
| snooker ballnoun | Any of the hard balls used in the sport of snooker. |
| scratchnoun | A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching. |
| hanging ballnoun | (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A ball that is in the jaws of a pocket |
| first touchnoun | (sports) A player's initial contact with the moving ball, used to get the ball under control. |
| ball in handnoun | In billiards, a circumstance in which a fault by another player, such as a scratch, permits the competitor to take the cue ball in hand and place it anywhere on the table. |
| technical foulnoun | (basketball) Any infraction of the rules penalized as a foul which does not involve physical contact during the course of play between players on the court, or is a foul by a nonplayer. |
| square ballnoun | (soccer) A pass played square (not forward or backward, i.e. sideways) |
| air-shotnoun | (sports, soccer, golf, snooker etc.) A failed attempt to strike the ball. |
| turningverb | The act of one who turns (rotates or twists). |
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