eight balln.

/ˈeɪtbɔːl/

Forms: Also eight-ball, eightball.

Etymology: < eight adj. + ball n.¹

U.S.

a. The black ball, numbered eight, in the North American variety of pool (pool n.³ 2); this variety of pool.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > ball > ball of specific colour > in other specific game

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1932 World's Work Feb. 26/1 Mr. Ells, the wizard of the cue, in a position he expertly diagnosed as squarely behind the 8-ball.

1964 D. G. Wisbeski Otter in House (1965) x. 157 Okee..broke up a pool game by climbing on the table and taking off with the eight ball.

b. behind the eight ball, at a disadvantage; ‘snookered’.

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1932Behind the 8-ball [see sense a].

1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) 12 You get signing checks for prospects down at the country club, and you wind up behind the eight-ball.

1944 N.Y. Herald 24 Sept. (Bk. Review) 12/4 An attempt to describe what makes the drawings funny lands you behind the eight ball.

c. slang (depreciative and offensive). A black person.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun]

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1932 J. T. Farrell in This Quarter Dec. 379 Well, after this, you walk in yere own neighbourhood, eight-ball, or else you can be the guest to yere own funeral.

1945 L. Shelly Hepcats Jive Talk Dict. 11/1 Eightball, colored man or obstacle.

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d. slang. A stupid person.

e. (See quot. 1937.)

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1937 L. Lewis Radio Dict. in Printers' Ink Monthly Apr. 53/1 Eight ball, an astatic microphone characterized by non-directional pick-ups and having a 360-degree beam.

Draft additions June 2007

North American slang. An eighth of an ounce of an illegal drug.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a quantity of

piece1935

twister1936

stash1942

trey1967

weight1971

eight ball1987

1987 Frederick (Maryland) Post 16 June a10/5 Kane purchased two ‘eight-ball’ lots of cocaine for $350 each.

1995 Grand Royal No. 2. 49/2 A Mullet, an El Camino with nitros, a six of Coors, an eight ball of meth and just ride.

2006 Phoenix New Times (Nexis) 11 May [He] turned to cocaine to continue the frenetic pace, and was soon doing an eightball every day.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	eight ball
释义	eight balln. /ˈeɪtbɔːl/ Forms: Also eight-ball, eightball. Etymology: < eight adj. + ball n.¹ U.S. a. The black ball, numbered eight, in the North American variety of pool (pool n.³ 2); this variety of pool. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > ball > ball of specific colour > in other specific game carline1820 eight ball1932 1932 World's Work Feb. 26/1 Mr. Ells, the wizard of the cue, in a position he expertly diagnosed as squarely behind the 8-ball. 1964 D. G. Wisbeski Otter in House (1965) x. 157 Okee..broke up a pool game by climbing on the table and taking off with the eight ball. b. behind the eight ball, at a disadvantage; ‘snookered’. ΚΠ 1932Behind the 8-ball [see sense a]. 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) 12 You get signing checks for prospects down at the country club, and you wind up behind the eight-ball. 1944 N.Y. Herald 24 Sept. (Bk. Review) 12/4 An attempt to describe what makes the drawings funny lands you behind the eight ball. c. slang (depreciative and offensive). A black person. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun] AfriceOE MoorOE EthiopOE blomana1225 Ethiopiana1325 blue mana1387 Moriana1387 black mana1398 blackamoor1525 black Morian1526 black boy1530 molen1538 Nigro1548 Nigrite1554 Negro1555 neger1568 nigger1577 blackfellow1598 Kaffir1607 black1614 thick-lipsa1616 Hubsheea1627 black African1633 blackface1704 sambo1704 Cuffee1713 Nigritian1738 fellow1753 Cuff1755 blacky1759 mungo1768 Quashie1774 darkie?1775 snowball1785 blue skin1788 Moriscan1794 sooterkin1821 nigc1832 tar-brush1835–40 Jim Crow1838 sooty1838 mokec1847 dinge1848 monkey1849 Siddi1849 dark1853 nigre1853 Negroid1860 kink1865 Sam1867 Rastus1882 schvartze1886 race man1896 possum1900 shine1908 jigaboo1909 smoke1913 golliwog1916 jazzbo1918 boogie1923 jig1924 melanoderm1924 spade1928 jit1931 Zulu1931 eight ball1932 Afro1942 nigra1944 spook1945 munt1948 Tom1956 boot1957 soul brother1957 nig-nog1959 member1962 pork chop1963 splib1964 blood1965 non-voter1966 moolinyan1967 Oreo1968 boogaloo1972 pongo1972 moolie1988 1932 J. T. Farrell in This Quarter Dec. 379 Well, after this, you walk in yere own neighbourhood, eight-ball, or else you can be the guest to yere own funeral. 1945 L. Shelly Hepcats Jive Talk Dict. 11/1 Eightball, colored man or obstacle. Thesaurus » Categories » d. slang. A stupid person. e. (See quot. 1937.) ΚΠ 1937 L. Lewis Radio Dict. in Printers' Ink Monthly Apr. 53/1 Eight ball, an astatic microphone characterized by non-directional pick-ups and having a 360-degree beam. Draft additions June 2007 North American slang. An eighth of an ounce of an illegal drug. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a quantity of piece1935 twister1936 stash1942 trey1967 weight1971 eight ball1987 1987 Frederick (Maryland) Post 16 June a10/5 Kane purchased two ‘eight-ball’ lots of cocaine for $350 each. 1995 Grand Royal No. 2. 49/2 A Mullet, an El Camino with nitros, a six of Coors, an eight ball of meth and just ride. 2006 Phoenix New Times (Nexis) 11 May [He] turned to cocaine to continue the frenetic pace, and was soon doing an eightball every day. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1932
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