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eight-ball
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Meaning eight-ball meaning
What does eight-ball mean?
eight-ball
noun
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A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.
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The billards ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight.
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(slang) A portion of cocaine or methamphetamine weighing 1⁄8 of an ounce, or 3.5 grams.
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(ethnic slur) A black person.
eight-ball
verb
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(pool) To pot all one's colour balls and then the black ball (or eight-ball) without the opponent potting a single one.
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