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At 24, my head was as shiny as a cue ball on a billiard table. I naturally thought this meant curtains. Actually, I found it helped. When I was too young to play real character parts, they mistook me for older because of the bald noggin. I got juicy roles right from the start.
Frank Cady

Meaning of "cue ball" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CUE BALL

cue ball play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUE BALL

noun
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adverb
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cue ball is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUE BALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cue ball

Billiard ball

A billiard ball is a small, hard ball used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of the balls differ depending upon the specific game being played. Various particular ball properties such as hardness, friction coefficient and resilience are very important to the finer points of gameplay.

Definition of cue ball in the English dictionary

The definition of cue ball in the dictionary is the ball struck by the cue, as distinguished from the object balls.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUE BALL

cudgeler
cudgelled
cudgeller
cudgelling
cudgellings
cudgerie
Cudlipp
cudweed
Cudworth
cue
cue bid
cueing
cueist
Cuenca
Cuernavaca
cuesta
cuff
cuff link
cuffin
cuffle

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUE BALL

ball
beach ball
billiard ball
bonus ball
costume ball
crystal ball
dead ball
debutante ball
eight ball
golf ball
jump ball
masked ball
medicine ball
on the ball
play ball
punching ball
stress ball
Swiss ball
tea ball
tennis ball
wrecking ball

Synonyms and antonyms of cue ball in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cue ball» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUE BALL

Find out the translation of cue ball to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cue ball from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cue ball» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

母球
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bola blanca
570 millions of speakers

English

cue ball
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्यू गेंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطابة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

биток
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bola branca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সূত্র বল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boule
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bola kiu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spielball
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

突き玉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당구 공
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cue ball
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cue bóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோல் பந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्यू बॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

isteka topu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pallino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bila
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

биток
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bila alba
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cue μπάλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wit bal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

köbollen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cue ball
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cue ball

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUE BALL»

The term «cue ball» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.244 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUE BALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cue ball

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QUOTES WITH «CUE BALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cue ball.
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Frank Cady
At 24, my head was as shiny as a cue ball on a billiard table. I naturally thought this meant curtains. Actually, I found it helped. When I was too young to play real character parts, they mistook me for older because of the bald noggin. I got juicy roles right from the start.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUE BALL»

Discover the use of cue ball in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cue ball and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cue Ball Control Cheat Sheets for Pool & Pocket Billiards
Sand reveals how easy it is to control the cue ball and move it around the table. With study and practice, this text teaches how to master and manage the cue ball and handle other shot opportunities with similar configurations.
Allan P Sand, 2011
2
Cue Ball Christianity
If you have ever picked up the Bible for even a moment, you have recognized the power of men and women who lived several thousand years ago.
Jeff A. Arias, 2010
3
The Barefoot Cue Ball: An Easy Entery Into the Magic World ...
These billiard characters reside in the mysterious back corners of my mind. Over the last few years they kept driving me, at odd hours to, "go ahead Doc, write it down, don't let our billiard knowledge just die out and fritter away."
Paul A. Doc Rutter, 2011
4
Cue Ball City (and Other Bald Musings)
Have you ever been to your children's school "music" concert? Been hiking in insane heat or cold? Had sleep apnea? Been bald? If so, you're going to love this take on these and other topics. If not, you're still going to laugh out loud.
Liam Johnson, 2007
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Precision Pool, 2E
Some players prefer to visualize the entire path of the cue ball to the object ball rather than only the final spot where the cue ball must arrive. This aiming method is known as the railroad track system. Here, you line up the middle of the object ...
Gerry Kanov, Shari Stauch
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Playing With Poison
Playing With Poison is a cozy mystery with a lot of humor, a little romance, and far too much champagne.
Cindy Blackburn, 2012
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Black Farce and Cue Ball Wizards: The Inside Story of the ...
In Black Farce and Cue Ball Wizards, Clive Everton recounts the glory and despair, the dreams and disillusion, and the treachery and greed that have characterised the game since it was invented as an innocent diversion by British Army ...
Clive Everton, 2011
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Popular Mechanics
Using a hard stroke, hit cue ball low center. Cue ball should strike 8 ball Vs left; then carom into 10 ball. Action will see 3 ball drop into left side pocket; 13 into right side pocket, 10 in upper left pocket while 8 ball will make one carom and sink in ...
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The South African Dictionary of Sport
The player then has no option but to commit a foul in hand when the cue-ball is in hand, the player may place the cue-ball anywhere on the bed of the tablc, except in contact with an object-ball. He may continue to adjust the position of the ...
Joel Alswang, 2003
10
Pool and Billiards For Dummies
Speed is an important factor when trying to control the cue ball. By understanding how much speed is necessary, depending on the distance the cue ball must travel and the angle it is going to hit the object ball, you can develop a feeling for  ...
Nicholas Leider, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUE BALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cue ball is used in the context of the following news items.
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Big Brother 17 Updates "Audrey Stirring Things Again" 2:30 am BBT …
Meg and Jeff decide to throw a ball (cue ball?) Three tosses and she says this is boring. They put the bucket in and throw - Meg says first to 10. «TVGrapevine.com, Jul 15»
2
Notes From a Dive Bar XV
She pots the blue, and the cue ball vanishes to return like the cycle of life. And then there is the 8-ball. And I'm thinking about the flying saucers ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Corporal In Clintons' War On Women Is Back
“Corporal Cue Ball,” which is how he identified his rank in the Clinton Army in their War on Women said “drag a hundred dollars through a ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
4
Chau Hui back from brink to win Sibu Cueball title
Trailing at 34-19, Sim was pushed to the corner when he got 'snooked' after the cue ball ended up in between a green and a pink ball. It took a ... «The Borneo Post, Jul 15»
5
The Dish: Fink's crafts great food, relaxed atmosphere
Our other friend went with a burger, as well — the Cue Ball burger, which comes with applewood smoked bacon, BBQ sauce and cheddar ... «Opelika Auburn News, Jul 15»
6
Giant killers! Cousins Elite snatch cup
But, with the cue ball tight on the baulk cushion, James missed the shot and opponent Peter Berrie took full advantage to win the frame. «Camden New Journal newspapers website, Jul 15»
7
Munch goes to Shelly Pie Pizza
The size of a brick, it was covered in shredded cheeses and served with a meatball the size of a cue ball. Meals come with a fresh spring ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
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“Ah, All Will Now Be Happy”: Mozart & the Sacredness of Solitude
And between the inking of several notes, Mozart would absently roll the cue ball so that it coursed perfectly against three edges of his table only ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
9
Baseball pitchers want a better grip, not a competitive advantage
“It's still like a cue ball,” Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild said. Said Showalter: “They're always different because some umpires rub the ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
10
Cardinals: Greg Garcia helps ignite walkoff winner
Too bad Jhonny hit a cue ball shot past the pitcher, forcing second baseman Addison(weak name for a boy) Russell to airmail the throw past ... «STLSportsMinute, Jun 15»

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