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8-ball

Variant of eight ball

  1. a black ball with the number eight on it
  2. a form of pool in which a player who inadvertently pockets the eight ball before pocketing all of his or her balls immediately loses the game
    also written 8-ball or eight-ball

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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