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billiards

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bil·liards  (blyrdz)
pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
1. A game played on a rectangular cloth-covered table with raised cushioned edges, in which a cue is used to hit three small, hard balls against one another or the side cushions of the table.
2. One of several similar games, sometimes using a table with pockets, as in pool.

[French billard, from bille, log; see billet2.]

billiards [ˈbɪljədz]
n (functioning as singular)
1. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) any of various games in which long cues are used to drive balls now made of composition or plastic. It is played on a rectangular table covered with a smooth tight-fitting cloth and having raised cushioned edges
2. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) a version of this, played on a rectangular table having six pockets let into the corners and the two longer sides. Points are scored by striking one of three balls with the cue to contact the other two or one of the two Compare pool2 [5] snooker
[from Old French billard curved stick, from Old French bille log; see billet2]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.billiardsbilliards - any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
table game - a game that is played on a table
break - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
carom, cannon - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
masse, masse shot - a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
miscue - a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
cannon - make a cannon
break - make the opening shot that scatters the balls
carom - make a carom
Translations
billiards [ˈbɪljədz] NSINGbillar msing

billiards [ˈbɪlɪərdz] njeu m de billard, billard m
to play billiards → jouer au billard
billiard table ntable f de billard, billard m

billiards
nBillard nt; to have a game of billiardsBillard spielen

billiards [ˈbɪljədz] nsgbiliardo
billiards [ˈbɪljədz] nsgbiliardo

billiards
n sg billiards [ˈbiljədz]
a game played with long thin sticks (cues) and balls, on a table. biljartspel لُعْبَةُ البلياردو билярд kulečník billiard das Billard μπιλιάρδο billar piljard بیلیارد biljardi billard בִּילָיארד बिलियर्ड biljar biliárd bilyar biljarður, knattborðsleikur, ballskák biliardo ビリアード 당구 bilijardas biljards permainan billiard biljart biljard bilard bilhar biliard бильярд biliard biljard bilijar biljard บิลเลียด bilardo (oyunu) 撞球 більярд ایک کھیل کا نام trò chơi bida

billiards لعبة البلياردو kulečník billard Billard μπιλιάρδο billar biljardi billard biljar biliardo ビリヤード 당구 biljart biljard bilard bilhar бильярд biljard บิลเลียด bilardo trò chơi bida 台球


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My brother Solomon tells me it's the talk up and down in Middlemarch how unsteady young Vincy is, and has been forever gambling at billiards since home he came.
He objected to whist, cut the cloth at billiards, sang out of tune, kept very much to himself, and wrote to his Mamma and sisters at Home.
I can't ride, can't play golf or billiards, and for an unintelligent chap like me," he wound up with a sigh, "there aren't a great many other ways of passing the time.
 
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