pocket billiards

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) See pool².

pocket billiards

n (functioning as singular) 1. (Billiards & Snooker) another name for pool²⁵2. (Billiards & Snooker) any game played on a table in which the object is to pocket the balls, esp snooker and pool

pool¹

(pul)

n. 1. a small body of standing water; a small pond. 2. a still, deep place in a stream. 3. any small collection of liquid on a surface; puddle: a pool of blood. 4. swimming pool. 5. a subterranean accumulation of oil or gas. v.i. 6. to form a pool. 7. (of blood) to accumulate in a body part or organ. v.t. 8. to cause pools to form in. [before 900; Middle English; Old English pōl; c. Dutch poel, German Pfuhl]

pool²

(pul)

n. 1. Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a billiard table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are driven into pockets. 2. a. the total amount staked by a combination of bettors, as on a race. b. the combination of such bettors. 3. an association of competitors who conspire to control the production, market, and price of a commodity for their mutual benefit. 4. a. a combination of resources, funds, etc., for common advantage. b. the combined resources or funds. 5. a. a facility or service shared by a group of people: a car pool; a typing pool. b. the persons involved. 6. the stakes in certain games. v.t. 7. to put (resources, money, etc.) into a pool, or common fund. 8. to form a pool of. 9. to make a common interest of. v.i. 10. to enter into or form a pool. [1685–95; < French poule stakes, literally, hen. See pullet] pool′er, n.

Thesaurus

Noun

pocket billiards - any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pocketspooltable game - a game that is played on a tablebreak - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or poolcarom, cannon - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the othermasse, 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 ballmiscue - a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ballsnooker - a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball

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