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Definition of Cue ball
1. Noun. The ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue.
Definition of Cue ball
1. Noun. (snooker pool billiards) The white ball which, struck by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game. ¹
2. Noun. (pejorative) a bald person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cue Ball
Literary usage of Cue ball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Thus if he pockets the red ball and the cue-ball, he scores six, or if he makes
a cannon ... Thus if the cue-ball strikes the red, cannons on to the white, ..."
2. Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12 by Kelly Gallagher (2004)
"A player must strike a cue against a cue ball. The cue ball must travel and hit the
... Sometimes, when the cue ball is not struck properly, balls ricochet ..."
3. The Game of Billiards by Michael Phelan (1859)
"Although the object-ball may be struck in the same place, the cue-ball can be made
... The object in striking the cue- ball below the centre in this stroke, ..."
4. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1899)
"The harder the cue- ball is struck, the more will it depart from its first direction,
... The full lines show the path of the cue-ball before it strikes the ..."
5. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"The losing hazard, in which the cue ball goes into a pocket after contact ...
The first great principle in billiards is that the cue ball will always travel ..."
6. The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-book of Games of by Henry Chadwick (1884)
"If in playing a shot the cue is not withdrawn from the cue-ball before the cue-ball
comes in contact with the object-ball, the shot is foul, ..."
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