eight-ball
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Synonyms: eight, light, right, wight, tight, fight, sight, might, bight, night, dight
Antonyms: eight, light, right, wight, tight, fight, sight, might, bight, night, dight
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Noun
- {{lb|en|uncountable}} A pocket [[billiard]]s (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a [[cue ball]] and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.
- {{lb|en|countable}} The billiard ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight.
- {{lb|en|countable|slang}} A portion of cocaine or methamphetamine weighing {{frac|1|8}} of an ounce, or 3.5 grams.
- {{lb|en|countable|slang|ethnic slur}} A [[black]] person.
- {{lb|en|countable|aviation|slang}} A [[spherical]] [[attitude indicator]].
- {{lb|en|countable|broadcasting}} A kind of [[spherical]] [[microphone]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|pool|transitive}} To [[outplay]] (an [[opponent]]) by [[pot]]ting all one's [[color]] [[ball]]s and then the [[black]] (or eight-ball) without the opponent potting a single one.
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