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cue ball

noun

Billiards, Pool.
  1. the ball a player strikes with the cue, as distinguished from the other balls on the table.


cue ball

noun

  1. billiards snooker the ball struck by the cue, as distinguished from the object balls
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cue ball1

First recorded in 1880–85; cue 2 + ball 1
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One of those mistakes from Day proved crucial when he potted the cue ball when on the black to hand Brecel the 16th frame.

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It's been over an extended period as well, and when he plays the cue ball sings.

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Georgios acts out how a young Luca would, at first, use the rest for every shot, no matter how close the cue ball was to the cushion.

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Standing over a pool table near the kitchen, he jabbed the stick at the cue ball, which harmlessly skittered off to the side without disturbing the rack.

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One of the prime candidates for extraterrestrial life in our solar system is Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter that in photographs resembles a cue ball covered in scratches.

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