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eight-ball

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Noun

  1. A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.
  2. The billiard ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight.
  3. A portion of cocaine or methamphetamine weighing ¹⁄₈ of an ounce, or 3.5 grams.
  4. A black person.
  5. A spherical attitude indicator.
  6. A kind of spherical microphone.
  7. Alternative form of eight-ball.

Verb

  1. To outplay (an opponent) by potting all one's color balls and then the black (or eight-ball) without the opponent potting a single one.

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