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cue ball

alt. 1 (context snooker pool billiards English) The white ball which, struck by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game. 2 (context pejorative English) a bald person n. 1 (context snooker pool billiards English) The white ball which, struck by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game. 2 (context pejorative English) a bald person

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cue ball

n. the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue

Usage examples of "cue ball".

Eccentric, sensual, a bad logician, vicious, a fool, indiscreet, and ungrateful, all this appeared in his letter, for after telling me that he should be badly off without Count Asquin who was seventy years old, and had books and money, he devoted two pages to abusing him, telling me of his faults and follies.

Toby would go caroming around like a fuzzy zero-gee cue ball, yelping happily, until he got straightened out and leaped back toward the big cat.

With a solid smack, a follow-through smooth as silk, he banked the cue ball, kissed it off the seven and made his pocket.

When he shot, the cue ball curved off his stick, describing a C-shaped curve, and sunk the six ball in the opposite corner.

John lined up his white cue ball with his single bright eye, and across the table Harry Mellow took a slow breath and held it.

Using precise strength, I tightened up on the thick handle, exhaled, and sharply struck the little white cue ball, keeping it in my control.

To the right, circling around the bigger of the twin suns, was the planet Lister had christened the cue ball.

The cue ball would strike the blue ball, and send it into the orbit of the left hand sun, or, as Lister preferred to call it: 'the pocket'.

The cue ball hit the black fully, then curled back and came to rest tight in a pocket angle.

Just flick and that cue ball'd got wham-bam spinnin' like you never seen.

The 1 is smack in front of the corner pocket at the opposite end of the table, and I send the cue ball into the 7 which drops the 1.