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(US, golf, disc golf) A hole in one.
n
A variant of the game of darts, played in parts of the United States, having a different dartboard style and layout and different scoring rules.
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(billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
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(pinball) An automatic plunger, one that propels the ball onto the table without being operated mechanically by the player.
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(pinball) The rear upright section of a pinball machine, usually incorporating the score display.
v
(nonstandard, slang) To play basketball.
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(pinball) A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.
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(UK) A game resembling billiards, sometimes found in public houses, with pegs and holes in the surface of the table instead of side and corner pockets.
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(darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
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A room, usually in a house or hotel, in which there is a billiard table.
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Alternative form of billiard room [A room, usually in a house or hotel, in which there is a billiard table.]
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Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”) [(obsolete) A coalfish, especially a young one.]
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(countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
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Alternative form of bocce [(sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court]
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(dated) A boys' game played with large marbles called bonces.
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(snooker) A player who scores points by making an interrupted series of pots.
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(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A carom.
n
Any of various forms of billiards in which, the table having no pockets, the game consists of making a series of cannons.
v
(intransitive) To make a carom (shot in billiards).
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One of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo.
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An event at a bowling alley where the bowling takes place under special illumination, with lasers, music, etc.
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One who plays the game of croquet.
adj
(tennis, net sports) Hit diagonally into the opposite corner of the court
n
Alternative spelling of cue ball [(snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, struck by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.]
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(colloquial, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly.
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(sports, games) by extension, the variant game/sport that uses soft headed tag darts instead of suction cups
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(games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land
n
(billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
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Alternative form of eight-ball [(uncountable) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.]
n
(billiards) The plastic band attaching the tip to the cue.
n
(dated, uncountable) The game of lawn darts.
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A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
adj
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Describes a shot where the cue ball and the object ball make contact at a natural 45º angle.
n
(countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
n
(proscribed, uncountable) The game of hurling.
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(pinball) A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
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In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
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A precursor of lawn tennis, originally played by hitting the ball with the palm of the hand instead of with a racquet.
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(pinball) A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
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(pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
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A Russian bat and ball game first known to be played in the 14th century.
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A lawn game related to croquet, played with heavy balls, large-headed cues called tacks, rings (the argolis or port), and sometimes an upright pin (the sprigg or king), popular from the 17th century to the early 20th century.
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A large dart used in the playing of certain lawn games.
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The penalty paid to the pool in lanterloo for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick.
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A tennis-like game created by naturists, played with bats called thugs.
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In pinball, the time during which there is more than one ball in play at the same time.
n
(basketball) Someone who plays in the NBA.
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Alternative form of newcomb (“sport resembling volleyball”) [A sport that is a variation of volleyball, but in which one may catch the ball.]
n
(games) The game of skittles.
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A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
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A racquet sport popular in Spain and Latin America, usually played in doubles on a small, closed court.
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(historical) A Roman ball stuffed with feathers, used in a game that is sometimes considered a precursor to golf (since early golf balls had a similar construction).
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(uncountable) A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.
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The national sport of Argentina, a game played on horseback that combines elements of polo and basketball.
n
A mechanical arcade game in which players insert coins that fall onto a number of moving platforms that gradually push the coins toward a payout slot.
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(informal) A pinball machine.
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The ball used in pinball.
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(This entry is a translation hub.) A machine specially built to be used to play games of pinball.
n
A lightweight celluloid ball used in the sport of table tennis (ping pong).
n
(pinball) The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
n
Alternative spelling of pocket pool [A variation of the game of pool.]
n
(video games) An early video game from Atari, resembling ping-pong, in which two players control paddles and attempt to intercept a ball.
n
A set of players in quadrille etc.
n
(US) A building where visitors pay to play billiards (pool).
n
A table used for playing pool.
n
Alternative form of pool hall [(US) A building where visitors pay to play billiards (pool).]
n
(pool, billiards, snooker) A hustler who deliberately disrupts a game for his own advantage
n
(countable) The puck used in this game, usually made of a flattened tin can.
n
A form of the game of pool, mainly played in the 19th century.
v
(snooker, transitive, intransitive, billiards, cue sports) to arrange in a rack
n
(slang, dated) A player of real tennis.
n
Synonym of blackball (“eight-ball game”)
n
(snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
n
(pinball) A target on the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls over it.
n
Synonym of fantasy sports
n
A variant of the game of darts in which players attempt to hit each section of the dartboard sequentially, from lowest to highest number.
n
A sport of Southeast Asia, in which a small rattan ball is kicked back and forth over a net.
n
(tennis, badminton, ping pong) A game where one serves, as opposed to receiving.
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(sports, games) A type of game table, used as the playing surface for the sport and game of table shuffleboard. Typically a with solid wood surface shuffleboard, over 6m/20ft long.
n
(countable) The puck used in the game.
n
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english
n
(sports) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.
n
(pinball) A stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers.
v
(transitive, by extension) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
n
(sports) The physical environment of a sports field or stadium.
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A traditional newspaper promotion in which readers are challenged to guess the position of a ball which has been removed from a photograph of a ball sport.
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A game for three or more players, involving the gradual elimination of players by throwing and catching a ball.
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Someone who competes in the sport of squash, especially at a professional level.
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(sports, games) A game and sport, played on a shuffleboard table, over 20ft/6m long, with weighted steel pucks, frequently found in bars and pubs. The aim is to slid the smooth-bottomed pucks into the tiered endzones, and achieve a score without being knocked out by competitor pucks. Similar in play to a cross between curling and shuffleboard.
n
A game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball across a table (fashioned like a mini tennis court) by rackets (paddles, bats (Britain)).
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A specially dimensioned table with a low net across it, on which the game of table tennis is played.
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The mark at which players aim in quoits.
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(slang, video games, UK, Australia) The game of Pong, or any TV game closely based on it.
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Alternative form of tennikoit [A sport resembling tennis, played with a rubber ring instead of a ball.]
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Alternative form of tennikoit [A sport resembling tennis, played with a rubber ring instead of a ball.]
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Alternative form of tennikoit [A sport resembling tennis, played with a rubber ring instead of a ball.]
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(intransitive, dated) To play tennis.
n
An organization whose members play tennis together.
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(tennis, rare) A tennis player
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A simplified game of pool in which players attempt to pot three object balls in as few shots as possible.
v
(pinball, of a machine) To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently.
n
(sports, historical, countable) The high-walled court in which this game was played.
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A sport for the blind and visually impaired, played by two teams of three players with a ball with bells inside.
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(cue sports) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
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The game of lawn billiards.
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The game of lawn billiards.
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A traditional ball game played in Workington, West Cumbria, England.
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(pinball) A prototype version of a pinball table, without the final artwork.
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(billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
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A Japanese game, played on a court by two teams of seven players, in which players are eliminated when hit with snowballs.
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