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CUE BALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cue ball mean? 

CUE BALL (noun)
  The noun CUE BALL has 1 sense:

1. the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cueplay

  Familiarity information: CUE BALL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CUE BALL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cue ball" is a kind of...):

billiard ball (ball used in playing billiards)


 Context examples 


Sputtering happens when energetic particles are accelerated into the atmosphere and knock molecules around, kicking some of them out into space and sending others crashing into their neighbors, the way a cue ball does in a game of pool.

(Mars Mission Sheds Light on Habitability of Distant Planets, NASA)



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