eight-ball

  1. Noun.  A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.
  2. Noun.  A billiard ball bearing the number eight.
  3. Verb.  (context, pool) To pot all one's colour balls and then the black ball (or eight-ball) without the opponent potting a single one.

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