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billiard
Alternative clues for the word billiard
Word definitions for billiard in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to billiards; "a billiard ball"; "a billiard cue"; "a billiard table"
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Billiard or billiards may refer to: __NOTOC__
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Billiard \Bil"liard\, a. Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. ``Smooth as is a billiard ball.'' --B. Jonson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
singular of billiards , used only in combinations.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom. 2 (context attributive English) Pertaining to the game of billiards. Etymology 2 num. (label en cardinal British rare) 10 15 , a thousand billions (long ...
Usage examples of billiard.
His annoyance was increased by the occasional smash of billiard balls from the adjoining room.
Marvin Kelford looked dignified, despite the fact that he was in shirt sleeves and carrying a billiard cue.
When Weston handed Kelford the list and explained that it contained names of persons taken in a raid at the Century Casino, Kelford gave the commissioner a contemptuous stare and turned back toward the billiard room.
Kelford parked his billiard cue in the corner and sat down to study the list.
All the while that Weston brooded in the grill room, he could hear the annoying clatter of the billiard balls from the next room.
Every time Cardona showed up with a new report, the commissioner shouted for Kelford, and thereby gained a respite from the clicking of the billiard balls.
Kelford always went back to the billiard table, while Weston settled down to another nerve-gritting wait.
If Cranston had dropped in more often, Weston could have asked him to discourage Kelford from the incessant practice on the billiard table but Cranston had apparently lost all interest in the hunt for an unknown murderer called the Blur.
So, finally, Weston decided to stop the ceaseless hammering of the billiard balls by a tactful process of his own.
He went into the billiard room and found Kelford just finishing a game with another player.
The formality gave Joe a laugh, as did the fact that Weston had at last managed to tear Kelford away from the billiard table.
With a shrug, Kelford replaced the overcoat on its hook and reached for his billiard cue.
The commissioner had been mentally beefing over that point, until he suddenly remembered that the Cobalt Club was no longer a haven of restfulness since Marvin Kelford had taken permanent possession of the billiard room.
He entered the billiard room and found Marvin Kelford, in shirt sleeves and eye shade, practicing a very tricky reverse English shot.
He parked his dress coat on a hanger, gave careful choice to the selection of a proper billiard cue.