brown

en-noun

brown (countable and uncountable, plural browns)

Bislama: braon

Tok Pisin: braun

→ Welsh: brown

→ Tongan: palauni

From Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Doublet of bruin.
cognates
* Dutch bruin
* German braun
* Ancient Greek φρύνη (phrúnē), φρῦνος (phrûnos, “toad”)
* Latin brunneus (“brown”)
* Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”)
* Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhrú, “reddish-brown”)
* West Frisian brún

heinäperhonen

nymphalid butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae

(snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.


on

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *ana
Old English on
Middle English on
English on
From Middle English on, from Old English on, an (“on, upon, onto, in, into”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, at”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-.
Cognate with North Frisian a (“on, in”), Saterland Frisian an (“on, at”), West Frisian oan (“on, at”), Dutch aan (“on, at, to”), Low German an (“on, at”), German an (“to, at, on”), Swedish å (“on, at, in”), Faroese á (“on, onto, in, at”), Icelandic á (“on, in”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana), Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, upon”), Albanian në (“in”); and from Old Norse upp á: Danish på, Swedish på, Norwegian på, see upon.

etymon

Southern US, Midland US, Philadelphia, Baltimore

If the player fails to hit the ball on, it's a foul.

(snooker, postpositive) Of a ball, being the next in sequence to be potted, according to the rules of the game.


on

All the way around the table, off four cushions, and ... and he's on the black!

(snooker) In a position of being able to pot (a given ball).


color

en-noun

color (countable and uncountable, plural colors)

A Dictionary of the English Language
Noah Webster
Samuel Johnson
Webster's Dictionary
color

From Middle English colour, color, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color.
Displaced English blee, Middle English blee (“color”), from Old English blēo. Also partially replaced Old English hīew (“color”) and its descendants (English hue), which is less often used in this sense. Doublet of couleur.
The spelling color was popularized in modern American English by Noah Webster, to match the spelling of the word's Latin etymon, and make all American spellings of the derivatives consistent (colorimeter, coloration, colorize, colorless, etc).

колори́т

interest, especially in a selective area

(snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.


century

/ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi/

From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years.

inh

That was his tenth professional century.

(snooker) A score of one hundred points.


plant

→ Punjabi: ਪਲਾਂਟ (palāṇṭ)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-plant.wav

From Middle English plante, from Old English plante (“young tree or shrub, herb newly planted”), from Proto-West Germanic *plantu, from Latin planta (“sprout, shoot, cutting”). Broader sense of "any vegetable life, vegetation generally" is from Old French plante. Doublet of clan (borrowed through Celtic languages) and planta (directly from Latin).
The verb is from Middle English planten, from Old English plantian (“to plant”), from Latin plantāre, later influenced by Old French planter. Compare also Dutch planten (“to plant”), German pflanzen (“to plant”), Swedish plantera (“to plant”), Icelandic planta (“to plant”).

O’Sullivan risked a plant that went badly astray, splitting the reds.

(snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.


black

en-noun

black (countable and uncountable, plural blacks)

→ Japanese: ブラック (burakku)

→ Volapük: bläg

From Middle English blak, black, blake, from Old English blæc (“black, dark", also "ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt”) (compare Dutch blaken (“to burn”), Low German blak, black (“blackness, black paint, (black) ink”), Old High German blah (“black”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to burn, shine”) (compare Latin flagrāre (“to burn”), Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”), Sanskrit भर्ग (bharga, “radiance”)). More at bleak.
Sense 20 is a semantic loan from Cantonese 黑面 (hak1 min6, “to pull a long face, to scowl”).

sl

(countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.


blue

en-noun

blue (countable and uncountable, plural blues)

From Middle English blewe, from Anglo-Norman blew (“blue”), from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Frankish *blāu (“blue”) (perhaps through a Late Latin blāvus, blāvius (“blue”) attested from Isidore of Seville), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with dialectal English blow (“blue”), Scots blue, blew (“blue”), North Frisian bla, blö (“blue”), Saterland Frisian blau (“blue”), Dutch blauw (“blue”), German blau (“blue”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish blå (“blue”), Icelandic blár (“blue”), Latin flāvus (“yellow”), Middle Irish blá (“yellow”). Doublet of blow.
Possibly related also to English blee (“colour”), from Old English blēo (“colour”); but direct derivatives of Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”) in Old English include: Old English blāw and blēo (“blue”), Old English blǣwen (“bluish, light-blue”), blǣhǣwen (“blue-coloured, bluish, violet or purple colour”, literally “blue-hued”). There seems to be a parallel connection in Germanic between words for blue and colour, dually exemplified by Proto-West Germanic *blīu (“colour, blee”) and *blāu (“blue”); and Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“colour, hue”) and *hēwijaz (“blue, purple”).
The sense "obscene, pornographic" is apparently from the colour; various theories exist as to how it arose, including that it is from the colour of the envelopes used to contain missives of the censors and managers to vaudevillian performers on objectionable material from their acts that needed to be excised.

m+

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.


green

en-noun

green (countable and uncountable, plural greens)

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *grōniz
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂
Proto-Germanic *-į̄
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *grōnī
Old English grēne
Middle English grene
English green
From Middle English grene, from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”). More at grow.
See also North Frisian green, West Frisian grien, Dutch groen, Low German grön, green, greun, German grün, Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk grøn, Swedish grön, Norwegian Bokmål grønn, Icelandic grænn.
The sense "obscene, pornographic, sexual" in the Philippines is from a calque of Spanish verde.

der

(snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.


pink

en-noun

pink (countable and uncountable, plural pinks)

Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked.

Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.


red

red (countable and uncountable, plural reds)

From Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian read, Low German root, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rød, Norwegian Nynorsk raud; also Welsh rhudd, Latin ruber, rufus, Tocharian A rtär, Tocharian B ratre, Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Albanian pruth (“redhead”), Russian ру́дый (rúdyj) ("red", "redhaired"). Czech rudý, Lithuanian raúdas, Finnish rauta, Estonian raud, Serbo-Croatian riđ ("reddish", "red"), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoidita), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá, “red, bloody”).

sekobarbitaali

slang: secobarbital — see also secobarbital

(countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.


white

white (countable and uncountable, plural whites)

Inherited from Middle English whit, hwit, from Old English hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós, a byform of *ḱweytós (“bright; shine”).
cognates
* West Frisian wyt
*Dutch wit
* German weiß
* German weiss
* Norwegian Bokmål hvit
* Norwegian Nynorsk kvit
* Lithuanian šviẽsti (“to gleam”), šviesa (“light”)
* Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ, “light”), свѣтьлъ (světĭlŭ, “clear, bright”)
* Persian سفید (sefid)
* Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (spaēta, “white”)
* Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”).

bělásek

common name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae

(countable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.


yellow

red

antonym(s) of “intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights”

From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wos, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”).
Compare Welsh gwelw (“pale”), Latin helvus (“dull yellow”), Irish geal (“white, bright”), Italian giallo (“yellow”) Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green”), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow”), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow”), Russian жёлтый (žóltyj, “yellow”), Russian зелёный (zeljónyj, “green”). Cognate with German gelb (“yellow”), Dutch geel (“yellow”).
The verb is from Old English ġeolwian, from the adjective.

(snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.


triangle

/ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/

/ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/

/ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + angle.

A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.

But nothing is said as to what we are to do with the negro when we have cut him off from absolute dominion; we are not informed if we may spread him on the triangles as aforetime;

1868, “The Week”, in The Nation, volume 6, number 149:

(historical, usually in the plural) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound when undergoing corporal punishment.

Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.

After turning on the triangle at Jeumont, we set off light engine back to Aulnoye.

1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:

(rail transport) A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.


safe

en-adj

safe (comparative safer or more safe, superlative safest or most safe)

safer (comparative)
more safe (comparative)
safest (superlative)
most safe (superlative)

→ Japanese: セーフ

From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic *salwos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”).
Displaced native Old English sicor (secure, sure).

der

(snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to pot.


break

en-verb

break (third-person singular simple present breaks, present participle breaking, simple past broke or (archaic) brake, past participle broken or (nonstandard) broke)

breaks (present singular third-person)
breaking (participle present)
broke (past)
brake (archaic past)
broken (participle past)
broke (nonstandard participle past)
break (infinitive)

From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). The word is a doublet of bray.
Cognates
Cognates of Germanic origin include Scots brek (“to break”), West Frisian brekke (“to break”), Dutch breken (“to break”), Low German breken (“to break”), German brechen (“to break”), French broyer (“to crush, grind”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break, destroy”), Norwegian brek (“desire, yearning”).
Also cognate with Albanian brishtë (“fragile”), Latin frangō (“break, break up, shatter”, verb), whence English fracture and other terms – fragile, frail, fraction, and fragment.

breek

intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces

thyen

transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces

sındırmaq

to cause a person to lose spirit or will

խախտել

transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)

փչանալ

intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether

ջարդել

transitive: to cause to stop functioning

burst

ergative: separate into two or more pieces

contravene

transitive: do that which is forbidden by

break one's arm patting oneself on the back

you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs

Is it your or my turn to break?

(intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.


break

(billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.

(snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.


bridge

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-Germanic *brugjō, *brugjǭ (“bridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw- (“wooden flooring, decking, bridge”).
Cognate with Scots brig, brigg, breeg (“bridge”), Saterland Frisian Brääch (“bridge”), West Frisian brêge (“bridge”), Dutch brug (“bridge”), German Brücke (“bridge”), Danish brygge (“wharf”), Icelandic brygga (“pier”), Gaulish briua (“bridge”).
The verb is from Middle English briggen, from Old English brycġian (“to bridge, make a causeway, pave”), derived from the noun. Cognate with Dutch bruggen (“to bridge”), Middle Low German bruggen (“to bridge”), Old High German bruccōn (“to bridge”) (whence Modern German brücken).
The musical connection sense is a semantic loan from German Steg, from Old High German steg.

ацҳа

construction or natural feature that spans a divide

if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it

(billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.

(billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.


bi

cục (classifier)
hòn (classifier)
viên (classifier)

Borrowed from French bille (“marble, ball”).

bi cái


cushion

en-noun

cushion (countable and uncountable, plural cushions)

→ Cantonese: 咕𠱸 (ku1 seon2), 箍臣

→ Irish: cúisín

→ Japanese: クッション (kusshon)

→ Korean: 쿠션 (kusyeon)

→ Maori: kuihana

From Middle English quysshyn, from later Old French coissin (modern coussin), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) (with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).

der

Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.


push

en-verb

push (third-person singular simple present pushes, present participle pushing, simple past and past participle pushed)

pushes (present singular third-person)
pushing (participle present)
pushed (participle past)
pushed (past)
push (infinitive)

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.

(snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).

työntää

snooker: to strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time


push

en-noun

push (countable and uncountable, plural pushes)

(snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time


massé

(billiards, snooker) A stroke made with the cue held vertically that causes a billiard ball to move in an arc.


drag

drag (countable and uncountable, plural drags)

From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, drag”).
Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag (“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low German dragge (“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danish drægge (“to dredge”), Danish drage (“to draw, attract”), Swedish dragga (“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedish draga (“to draw, go”), Icelandic draga (“to drag, pull”). Doublet of draw.

cog

(countable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.

træk

snooker: large amount of backspin on the cue ball


spider

en-noun

spider (countable and uncountable, plural spiders)

[ˈspʌɪ̯ɾə(ɹ)]

From Middle English spiþre, spydyr, spider, spiþer, from Old English spīþra (“spider”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinþrijō, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”). Mostly displaced attercop (“spider, unpleasant person”), now a dialectal term.

(snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension.


feather

en-verb

feather (third-person singular simple present feathers, present participle feathering, simple past and past participle feathered)

feathers (present singular third-person)
feathering (participle present)
feathered (participle past)
feathered (past)

From Middle English feþer, from Old English feþer, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).
See also West Frisian fear, German Low German Fedder, Dutch veder, veer, German Feder, Yiddish פֿעדער (feder), Danish fjer, Swedish fjäder, Icelandic fjöður, Faroese fjøður, Norwegian Bokmål fjær, fjør, Norwegian Nynorsk fjør. Also Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai), Albanian shpend (“bird”), Latin penna, Old Armenian թիռ (tʻiṙ).

inh

(snooker, billiards) To move the cue back and forth along the bridge in preparation for striking the cue ball.

(snooker, billiards) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim.


pot

en-verb

pot (third-person singular simple present pots, present participle potting, simple past and past participle potted)

pots (present singular third-person)
potting (participle present)
potted (participle past)
potted (past)

From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot (“pot”) (probably from Frankish *pott); both Old English and Frankish from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pot (“pot”), Dutch pot (“pot”), German Low German Pott (“pot”), German Pott (“pot”), Swedish potta (“chamber pot”), Icelandic pottur (“tub, pot”), Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, “pot, earthen pot”). Also, Old Norse pottr (“pot, tub, basin”).
The sense of ruin or deterioration was originally a general allusion to "being chopped up and tossed in a (normally fiery) pot, like a piece of meat" (i.e. to get wasted or done with (by someone)). The 'clean' slang term which was used in reference to toilet rooms and lavatories apparently derives from English chamberpots, although now usually encountered as potty in the context of children's toilet training.

cog

(snooker, pool, billiards, transitive) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.

The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.

(snooker, pool, billiards, intransitive) To be capable of being potted.


screw

en-verb

screw (third-person singular simple present screws, present participle screwing, simple past and past participle screwed)

screws (present singular third-person)
screwing (participle present)
screwed (participle past)
screwed (past)

From Middle English screw, scrue (“screw”); apparently, despite the difference in meaning, from Old French escroue (“nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole”), from Latin scrōfa (“female pig”) through comparison with the corkscrew shape of a pig's penis. There is also the Old French escruve (“screw”), from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; whence Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)), which probably influenced or conflated with the aforementioned, resulting in the Middle English word.
more on the etymology of screw
Old French escroue (whence Medieval Latin scrofa (“nut, screwhole”)), is believed to be an adaptation of Latin scrōfa (“sow, female pig”); but this development is not found in other Romance languages. (For change in meaning, compare also Spanish puerca, Portuguese porca, both ‘sow; screw nut’, and is based on the fact that a boar's penis has a screw-like tip, making the sow's vulva equivalent to a screw nut by analogy).
Old Dutch *scrūva possibly derives from Proto-Germanic *skrūbō (“screw”), from *skru- (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keru-, *(s)ker- (“to cut”), and is related to German Schraube (“screw”), Low German schruve, schruwe (“screw”), Dutch schroef (“screw”), West Frisian skroef (“screw”), Danish skrue (“screw”), Swedish skruv (“screw, peg”), Icelandic skrúfa (“screw”).
Compare also Occitan escrofa (“screw nut”), Calabrese scrufina (“screw nut”), which may be borrowings of the Old French word, or parallel developments.

gloss

"screw"; whence Middle Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum">schruyve</i> (“screw”)

cog

have one's head screwed on the right way

would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on

(billiards, snooker, pool) To screw back.


safety

en-noun

safety (countable and uncountable, plural safeties)

Inherited from Middle English savete, from Old French sauveté, from earlier salvetet, from Medieval Latin salvitās, salvitātem, from Latin salvus.

That was a poor safety from Higgins.

After thirty minutes of safety, Selby finally potted a red, to ironic cheers.

(snooker) A safety shot or sequence of such shots.


maximum

(snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.


side

side (countable and uncountable, plural sides)

From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish and Norwegian side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”).

der

know which side one's bread is buttered on

laugh out of the other side of one's mouth

not be able to hit the broad side of a barn

the apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

the grass is always greener on the other side of the road

He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english


jaw

From Middle English jowe~joue~jaue, seemingly borrowed from Old French jowe~joue~joe, itself from Vulgar Latin *gauta.
The OED argues that, since Chaucer rhymed jowe with clowe (“claw”), the tonic vowel was not /uː/ and so jowe does not correspond to the French word. (On the other hand, it raises no such objection against the derivation of paw from Old French powe~poue~poe, from *pauta.) It is not clear that Middle English ever borrowed an Old French word in which /ɔw/ had already turned to /u/. If the normal modern English outcome is taken to be the /əʊ/ of clove, escrow, hoe, mow, and soldier (implying a Middle English /ɔw/), then the /ɔː/ of jaw and paw (implying a Middle English /aw/) may be explained as the result of either borrowing from Middle English dialects that merged /ɔw/ into /aw/ or blending with semantically adjacent words like chaule (“jaw”) and clawe (“claw”).
The OED, with reluctance, offers the theory that the original Middle English form could have been an unattested *chowe, from an also-unattested Old English *ċēowe (from Proto-West Germanic *keuwā). /t͡ʃ-/ > /d͡ʒ-/ is not unheard-of; cf. jam, jar, jarm, jitter, and jowl. The OED also note that a variant chaw is in fact documented in English, but only from 1530 onward, some 150 years after the j- forms.

(snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.


jaw

en-verb

jaw (third-person singular simple present jaws, present participle jawing, simple past and past participle jawed)

jaws (present singular third-person)
jawing (participle present)
jawed (participle past)
jawed (past)

(snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.


double

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.

Brecel fired in doubles, a succession of stunning long pots and seemingly cleared balls at will as he rattled through the first four frames in under an hour.

2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport:

(billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.


double

double (third-person singular simple present doubles, present participle doubling, simple past and past participle doubled)

doubles (present singular third-person)
doubling (participle present)
doubled (participle past)
doubled (past)

(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.


snooker

en-noun

snooker (countable and uncountable, plural snookers)

She put her opponent in a snooker.

(snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.


snooker

en-verb

snooker (third-person singular simple present snookers, present participle snookering, simple past and past participle snookered)

snookers (present singular third-person)
snookering (participle present)
snookered (participle past)
snookered (past)

(transitive, snooker, pool) To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.


snooker

head

snooker m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

snooker (mutation mutation-radical)
nooker (lenition mutation)
after "yn" (lenition mutation)
tnooker (lenition mutation)


snooker

snooker (nominative singular)
snookera (genitive singular)
snookerowi (dative singular)
snooker (accusative singular)
snookerem (instrumental singular)
snookerze (locative singular)
snookerze (singular vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English snooker.


ton

→ Tokelauan: tone, tane

Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).

ton

various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun

(colloquial, chiefly UK) Synonym of hundred, particularly

Synonym of hundred, particularly
100 points.


cannon

en-noun

cannon (countable and uncountable, plural cannons or (mainly UK) cannon)

cannons (plural)
cannon (UK mainly plural)

Attested from around 1400 as Middle English canon, canoun, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of canyon. This spelling was not fixed until about 1800.

In English billiards, a cannon is when one’s cue ball strikes the other player’s cue ball and the red ball on the same shot; and it is worth two points.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A carom.


cannon

en-verb

cannon (third-person singular simple present cannons, present participle cannoning, simple past and past participle cannoned)

cannons (present singular third-person)
cannoning (participle present)
cannoned (participle past)
cannoned (past)

The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.


develop

develop (third-person singular simple present develops, present participle developing, simple past and past participle developed or (archaic, rare) developt)

develops (present singular third-person)
developing (participle present)
developed (participle past)
developed (past)
developt (archaic participle past rare)
developt (archaic past rare)

Borrowed from French développer, from Middle French desveloper, from Old French desveloper, from des- + voloper, veloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian sviluppare, Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vloppō, *wloppō (“to wrap”) ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrappaną, *wlappaną (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) http://www.wordnik.com/words/envelop. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). The word acquired its modern meaning from the 17th-century belief that an egg contains the animal in miniature and matures by growing larger and shedding its envelopes.

cog

(snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.


spot

en-verb

spot (third-person singular simple present spots, present participle spotting, simple past and past participle spotted)

spots (present singular third-person)
spotting (participle present)
spotted (participle past)
spotted (past)

From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch.

cog

The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot.

(transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot.

The black ball won't spot – the green is in the way.

(intransitive, snooker and billiards) Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot.


escape

From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, literally "get out of one's cape, leave a pursuer with just one's cape," from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade.

(snooker) A successful shot from a snooker position.


kija

kija (nominative singular)
kijas (nominative plural)
kiju (accusative singular)
kijas (accusative plural)
kijas (genitive singular)
kiju (genitive plural)
kijai (dative singular)
kijām (dative plural)
kiju (instrumental singular)
kijām (instrumental plural)
kijā (locative singular)
kijās (locative plural)
kija (singular vocative)
kijas (plural vocative)

zāles galā atrodu biljarda galdu un ņemu rokā kiju

at the end of the room I find the billiard table and I take the cue in my hand(s)

pusdienas pārtraukumā viens otrs... pacilāja novusa kiju

during the lunch break... one or the other lifted the novuss cue

(sports, billiards, snooker) cue (long stick with a pointy end used in certain games, especially pool or billiards)


queue

→ Danish: kø

→ Dutch: keu

→ English: queue, cue

→ German: Queue

→ Norwegian: kø

→ Swedish: kö

Inherited from Middle French queu, cueue, from Old French cue, coe, from Vulgar Latin cōda, variant of Latin cauda. Doublet of coda.

inh+

quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue


fluke

en-verb

fluke (third-person singular simple present flukes, present participle fluking, simple past and past participle fluked)

flukes (present singular third-person)
fluking (participle present)
fluked (participle past)
fluked (past)

Unknown, perhaps dialectal. It seems to have originally referred to a lucky shot at billiards. Possibly connected to sense 3, referring to whales' use of flukes to move rapidly.

He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.

(snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.


tour

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

tor (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger)

taw (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic)

(snooker) A circuit of snooker tournaments


pack

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

(snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.


bleu

Haitian Creole: ble

→ Greek: μπλε (ble)

→ Italian: blu

→ Ladino: blu

Louisiana Creole: blé, ble

Inherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.


bianca

(snooker) cue ball (more fully bilia bianca)


rest

en-noun

rest (countable and uncountable, plural rests)

From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest, respite”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈 (aⁱrime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.

rest

stick used to support the cue in snooker

Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.

(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.


frame

→ Korean: 프레임 (peureim)

→ Swahili: fremu

From Middle English frame (“profit, benefit, advantage; a structure composed according to a plan”), from the verb (above) and also from Old Norse frami (“advantage, fame, bravery, efficiency, privilege, honor”); and frame (“a framework or structure of any kind”) which is of uncertain origin. The latter is usually regarded as a derivative of former; however, compare the rare Anglo-Norman and Old French frame, fraine (“frame, framework”), itself of uncertain origin, which might be a borrowing from the English, from the Norse, or even possibly ultimately from Frankish *hramu (“frame”) related to Dutch raam (“window frame”).

der

(snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.


frame

nl-noun

frame n (plural frames, diminutive framepje n)

frames (plural)
framepje (diminutive neuter)


pocket

→ Japanese: ポケット

→ Welsh: poced

From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokā (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkô, *pukô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca.

der

is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me

(sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

գնդապարկ

billiards: net into which balls are struck


pocket

en-verb

pocket (third-person singular simple present pockets, present participle pocketing, simple past and past participle pocketed)

pockets (present singular third-person)
pocketing (participle present)
pocketed (participle past)
pocketed (past)

(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

вкарвам

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table


rack

From Middle English rakke, rekke, from Middle Dutch rac, recke, rec (Dutch rek), see rekken.

(billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.


rack

rack (third-person singular simple present racks, present participle racking, simple past and past participle racked)

racks (present singular third-person)
racking (participle present)
racked (participle past)
racked (past)
rack (infinitive)

From Old English reċċan (“to stretch out, extend”).

inh

(billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.


knuckle

From Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), from Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), as *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), Old Norse knykill.

affix

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.


lag

en-noun

lag (countable and uncountable, plural lags)

→ Finnish: lagi

→ Swedish: lagg n

(snooker) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.


compile

en-verb

compile (third-person singular simple present compiles, present participle compiling, simple past and past participle compiled)

compiles (present singular third-person)
compiling (participle present)
compiled (participle past)
compiled (past)

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

Steve Davis compiled a 147.

(transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.


balk

From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).

der

(snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.


cue

Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

կիյ

straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool


cue

en-verb

cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing or cuing, simple past and past participle cued)

cues (present singular third-person)
cueing (participle present)
cuing (participle present)
cued (participle past)
cued (past)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.


sink

sink (third-person singular simple present sinks, present participle sinking, simple past sank or sunk, past participle sunk or sunken)

sinks (present singular third-person)
sinking (participle present)
sank (past)
sunk (past)
sunk (participle past)
sunken (participle past)

From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

der

My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.

2008, Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel:

(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.

(transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.


stun

en-verb

stun (third-person singular simple present stuns, present participle stunning, simple past and past participle stunned)

stuns (present singular third-person)
stunning (participle present)
stunned (participle past)
stunned (past)

From Middle English stunien, stonien, stounien, from Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound, resound, roar, strike with a loud sound, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn, from Proto-Germanic *stunōną, *stunjaną (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Germanic *stenaną (“to moan, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tona-, *(s)tena- (“to thunder, roar, groan”) (compare thunder). Cognate with Middle Low German stonen (“to groan”), Middle High German stunen, stunden (“to drive, push, knock, strike”), Swedish stöna (“to moan, groan”), Danish stønne (“to moan, groan”), Icelandic stynja (“to moan”). Related also to Dutch steunen (“to groan; support”), German stöhnen (“to groan, moan”), German staunen (“to be astonished, be amazed, marvel at”), Russian стонать (stonatʹ), стена́ть (stenátʹ, “to moan, groan”). See also Occitan estonar, Old French estoner, English astonish.

cog

(snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball


stun

en-noun

stun (countable and uncountable, plural stuns)

Williams will need a lot of stun to avoid going in the middle pocket

(billiards, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.


bump

bump (countable and uncountable, plural bumps)

From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”), all probably of imitative origin.
Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb.

onom

imitative

cog

(snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.


D

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

(snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.


Pool

de-noun

Pool n (strong, genitive Pools, no plural)


cu

撞cu [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― zong⁶ ku¹ [Jyutping]

(Hong Kong Cantonese, billiards, snooker, pool) cushion (lip around the table)


kivi

kivi (nominative singular)
kivet (nominative plural)
kivi (accusative nominative singular)
kivet (accusative nominative plural)
kiven (accusative genitive singular)
kivet (accusative genitive plural)
kiven (genitive singular)
kivien (genitive plural)
kiveä (partitive singular)
kiviä (partitive plural)
kivessä (inessive singular)
kivissä (inessive plural)
kivestä (elative singular)
kivistä (elative plural)
kiveen (illative singular)
kiviin (illative plural)
kivellä (adessive singular)
kivillä (adessive plural)
kiveltä (ablative singular)
kiviltä (ablative plural)
kivelle (allative singular)
kiville (allative plural)
kivenä (essive singular)
kivinä (essive plural)
kiveksi (singular translative)
kiviksi (plural translative)
kivettä (abessive singular)
kivittä (abessive plural)
kivin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kiveni (nominative singular)
kiveni (nominative plural)
kiveni (accusative nominative singular)
kiveni (accusative nominative plural)
kiveni (accusative genitive singular)
kiveni (accusative genitive plural)
kiveni (genitive singular)
kivieni (genitive plural)
kiveäni (partitive singular)
kiviäni (partitive plural)
kivessäni (inessive singular)
kivissäni (inessive plural)
kivestäni (elative singular)
kivistäni (elative plural)
kiveeni (illative singular)
kiviini (illative plural)
kivelläni (adessive singular)
kivilläni (adessive plural)
kiveltäni (ablative singular)
kiviltäni (ablative plural)
kivelleni (allative singular)
kivilleni (allative plural)
kivenäni (essive singular)
kivinäni (essive plural)
kivekseni (singular translative)
kivikseni (plural translative)
kivettäni (abessive singular)
kivittäni (abessive plural)
kivineni (comitative plural)
kivesi (nominative singular)
kivesi (nominative plural)
kivesi (accusative nominative singular)
kivesi (accusative nominative plural)
kivesi (accusative genitive singular)
kivesi (accusative genitive plural)
kivesi (genitive singular)
kiviesi (genitive plural)
kiveäsi (partitive singular)
kiviäsi (partitive plural)
kivessäsi (inessive singular)
kivissäsi (inessive plural)
kivestäsi (elative singular)
kivistäsi (elative plural)
kiveesi (illative singular)
kiviisi (illative plural)
kivelläsi (adessive singular)
kivilläsi (adessive plural)
kiveltäsi (ablative singular)
kiviltäsi (ablative plural)
kivellesi (allative singular)
kivillesi (allative plural)
kivenäsi (essive singular)
kivinäsi (essive plural)
kiveksesi (singular translative)
kiviksesi (plural translative)
kivettäsi (abessive singular)
kivittäsi (abessive plural)
kivinesi (comitative plural)
kivemme (nominative singular)
kivemme (nominative plural)
kivemme (accusative nominative singular)
kivemme (accusative nominative plural)
kivemme (accusative genitive singular)
kivemme (accusative genitive plural)
kivemme (genitive singular)
kiviemme (genitive plural)
kiveämme (partitive singular)
kiviämme (partitive plural)
kivessämme (inessive singular)
kivissämme (inessive plural)
kivestämme (elative singular)
kivistämme (elative plural)
kiveemme (illative singular)
kiviimme (illative plural)
kivellämme (adessive singular)
kivillämme (adessive plural)
kiveltämme (ablative singular)
kiviltämme (ablative plural)
kivellemme (allative singular)
kivillemme (allative plural)
kivenämme (essive singular)
kivinämme (essive plural)
kiveksemme (singular translative)
kiviksemme (plural translative)
kivettämme (abessive singular)
kivittämme (abessive plural)
kivinemme (comitative plural)
kivenne (nominative singular)
kivenne (nominative plural)
kivenne (accusative nominative singular)
kivenne (accusative nominative plural)
kivenne (accusative genitive singular)
kivenne (accusative genitive plural)
kivenne (genitive singular)
kivienne (genitive plural)
kiveänne (partitive singular)
kiviänne (partitive plural)
kivessänne (inessive singular)
kivissänne (inessive plural)
kivestänne (elative singular)
kivistänne (elative plural)
kiveenne (illative singular)
kiviinne (illative plural)
kivellänne (adessive singular)
kivillänne (adessive plural)
kiveltänne (ablative singular)
kiviltänne (ablative plural)
kivellenne (allative singular)
kivillenne (allative plural)
kivenänne (essive singular)
kivinänne (essive plural)
kiveksenne (singular translative)
kiviksenne (plural translative)
kivettänne (abessive singular)
kivittänne (abessive plural)
kivinenne (comitative plural)
kivensä (nominative singular)
kivensä (nominative plural)
kivensä (accusative nominative singular)
kivensä (accusative nominative plural)
kivensä (accusative genitive singular)
kivensä (accusative genitive plural)
kivensä (genitive singular)
kiviensä (genitive plural)
kiveään (partitive singular)
kiveänsä (partitive singular)
kiviään (partitive plural)
kiviänsä (partitive plural)
kivessään (inessive singular)
kivessänsä (inessive singular)
kivissään (inessive plural)
kivissänsä (inessive plural)
kivestään (elative singular)
kivestänsä (elative singular)
kivistään (elative plural)
kivistänsä (elative plural)
kiveensä (illative singular)
kiviinsä (illative plural)
kivellään (adessive singular)
kivellänsä (adessive singular)
kivillään (adessive plural)
kivillänsä (adessive plural)
kiveltään (ablative singular)
kiveltänsä (ablative singular)
kiviltään (ablative plural)
kiviltänsä (ablative plural)
kivelleen (allative singular)
kivellensä (allative singular)
kivilleen (allative plural)
kivillensä (allative plural)
kivenään (essive singular)
kivenänsä (essive singular)
kivinään (essive plural)
kivinänsä (essive plural)
kivekseen (singular translative)
kiveksensä (singular translative)
kivikseen (plural translative)
kiviksensä (plural translative)
kivettään (abessive singular)
kivettänsä (abessive singular)
kivittään (abessive plural)
kivittänsä (abessive plural)
kivineen (comitative plural)
kivinensä (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *kivi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiwe.

(colloquial, snooker, pool, billiards) cue ball


tako

a cue; the stick used to ptopel the ball in snooker, billards, etc.


sitter

From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit + -er.

How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!

Aaron Ramsey, a hero last season against Hull, missed a sitter at the end of normal time that would have made the game safe and must have been relieved that his shot against a post from four yards out did not cost his side more dearly.

2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, The Guardian:

(soccer, snooker, cricket, slang) A very easy scoring chance.


clearance

en-noun

clearance (countable and uncountable, plural clearances)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.

разчистване

billiards: act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit


valla

head

valla (present vallar, preterite vallade, supine vallat, imperative valla)

vallar (present)
vallade (preterite)
vallat (supine)
valla (imperative)
valla (active infinitive)
vallas (infinitive passive)
vallat (active supine)
vallats (passive supine)
valla (active imperative)
vallen (active archaic imperative plural)
vallar (active indicative present)
vallade (active indicative past)
vallas (indicative passive present)
vallades (indicative passive past)
valla (active archaic indicative plural present)
vallade (active archaic indicative past plural)
vallas (archaic indicative passive plural present)
vallades (archaic indicative passive past plural)
valle (active dated present subjunctive)
vallade (active dated past subjunctive)
valles (dated passive present subjunctive)
vallades (dated passive past subjunctive)
vallande (participle present)
vallad (participle past)

(snooker, billiards) to let a cue ball bounce off the wall before hitting the target


manche

Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”).


baulk end

(snooker) The end of a snooker table where the green, brown and yellow balls are initially placed


baulk line

(snooker) The line at the baulk end of a snooker table, upon which the green, yellow and brown balls are initially placed.


cue ball

(snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, stricken by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.


taca

taca m (genitive singular taca, nominative plural tacaí)

taca (genitive singular)
tacaí (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
taca (indefinite singular)
tacaí (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a thaca (indefinite singular)
a thacaí (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an taca (definite singular)
na tacaí (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na dtacaí (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an taca (definite singular)
don taca (definite singular)
leis na tacaí (definite plural)

From Old Irish taca (“prop, support”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch; to establish, support”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τάσσω (tássō, “I establish, arrange, post”).


cush

(colloquial, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly.


buca

Latin būca, a by-form of Latin bucca (“mouth”).


black spot

(snooker) The spot on a snooker table where the black ball is normally placed.


in hand

(snooker, billiards, pool) Of the cue ball: not on the table; able to be positioned by the current player.


bille

desctree

→ Italian: biglia, bilia (once more common)
→ Arabic: بِلْيَة (bilya)
→ Turkish: bilye

→ Portuguese: bilha

→ Vietnamese: bi

Inherited from Middle French bille, from Old French bille (“small ball”), from Frankish *bikkil (“ossicle, a die, talus”). Cognate with Dutch bikkel (“dibs, die”), West Frisian bikkel (“die”), German Bickel (“marble”).


snookered

en-adj

snookered (comparative more snookered, superlative most snookered)

more snookered (comparative)
most snookered (superlative)

(snooker, not comparable) In a situation where the cue ball position is such that one cannot directly hit the required object ball.


break off

en-verb

break off (third-person singular simple present breaks off, present participle breaking off, simple past broke off, past participle broken off)

breaks off (present singular third-person)
breaking off (participle present)
broke off (past)
broken off (participle past)

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From Middle English breke of (“break off, terminate”), a dissimilated form of earlier Middle English ofbreken. By surface analysis, break + off.

inh

Ted's opening line, when Steve broke off for the deciding frame, was, 'Last night we put our clocks back one hour. These two stars turned theirs back to April.'

2017, John Virgo, Say Goodnight, JV - My Autobiography, John Blake Publishing, →ISBN:

(transitive, intransitive, billiards, snooker) To play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool.


clear up

en-verb

clear up (third-person singular simple present clears up, present participle clearing up, simple past and past participle cleared up)

clears up (present singular third-person)
clearing up (participle present)
cleared up (participle past)
cleared up (past)

(snooker, billiards, intransitive) To pot all of the remaining balls in a single turn.


carambola

Continuaban desocupadas las mesas en redor, los músicos charlaban en el palco, y del salón de billares llegaba el ruido de tacos con que algunos entusiastas aplaudían una carambola complicadísima.

(snooker, pool, billiards) three-cushion shot


sänka

head

sänka (present sänker, preterite sänkte, supine sänkt, imperative sänk)

sänker (present)
sänkte (preterite)
sänkt (supine)
sänk (imperative)
sänka (active infinitive)
sänkas (infinitive passive)
sänkt (active supine)
sänkts (passive supine)
sänk (active imperative)
sänken (active archaic imperative plural)
sänker (active indicative present)
sänkte (active indicative past)
sänks (indicative passive present)
sänkes (indicative passive present)
sänktes (indicative passive past)
sänka (active archaic indicative plural present)
sänkte (active archaic indicative past plural)
sänkas (archaic indicative passive plural present)
sänktes (archaic indicative passive past plural)
sänke (active dated present subjunctive)
sänkte (active dated past subjunctive)
sänkes (dated passive present subjunctive)
sänktes (dated passive past subjunctive)
sänkande (participle present)
sänkt (participle past)

From Old Swedish sænkia, from Old Norse sænkva, (Old West Norse søkkva) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) pocket


free ball

(snooker) A situation in which a player can play on any ball desired when snookered after a foul shot; also, that desired ball.


cue up

en-verb

cue up (third-person singular simple present cues up, present participle cuing up or cueing up, simple past and past participle cued up)

cues up (present singular third-person)
cuing up (participle present)
cueing up (participle present)
cued up (participle past)
cued up (past)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.


respot

respot (third-person singular simple present respots, present participle respotting, simple past and past participle respotted)

respots (present singular third-person)
respotting (participle present)
respotted (participle past)
respotted (past)

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(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To replace a ball on its correct spot on a snooker, billiards or pool table.


frame ball

(snooker) The ball that will take the player's score past the theoretical winning point, even though the frame is not finished and there are still some balls remaining on the table.


screw back

screw back (third-person singular simple present screws back, present participle screwing back, simple past and past participle screwed back)

screws back (present singular third-person)
screwing back (participle present)
screwed back (participle past)
screwed back (past)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.


maximum break

(snooker) The highest score possible in one visit to the table in a frame of snooker, by potting all fifteen reds with fifteen blacks and the six colours in order.


2005, Dec 16. Clive Everton, writing about Ding Jun Hui in The Guardian
Unfortunately, his two 147s have been in events offering no bonus prize.

(snooker) The highest score possible in one visit to the table in snooker.


baulk colour

(snooker) Any one of the three colours normally spotted on the baulk line in snooker. Namely the yellow, green, and brown balls.


in baulk

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) In the area behind the baulk line in cue sports.


check side

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A sidespin of the cue ball which makes it bounce off the cush, or off another ball, at a shallower angle than normal.


green pocket

(snooker) The corner pocket on a snooker table that is nearest the green spot.


yellow pocket

(snooker) The corner pocket on a snooker table that is nearest the yellow spot.


half-ball

From half- + ball, so called because the view from the cue ball is half eclipsing the object ball.

The shot needs to be slightly thicker than half-ball to get to the center pocket.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Describes a shot where the cue ball and the object ball make contact at a natural 45º angle.


in-off

From a reconstitution of (go) in + off (preposition), as used in phrases such as, "The white has gone in off the black."

Hendry replied with 34, but went in-off attempting a double and next season's world No.1 returned to the table to put the frame beyond doubt and level at 4-4.

(snooker, pool) Of the cue ball: (going) into a pocket, after cannoning another ball.


in-off

He looked set to win the frame, until the in-off from the yellow.

(snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball goes into a pocket after striking the object ball.


go in off

go in off (third-person singular simple present goes in off, present participle going in off, simple past went in off, past participle gone in off)

goes in off (present singular third-person)
going in off (participle present)
went in off (past)
gone in off (participle past)

(snooker, pool) To pot the cue ball accidentally after hitting the object ball.


hanging ball

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A ball that is in the jaws of a pocket


buraco

Uncertain.
Possibly from Old Galician-Portuguese furaco, through Vulgar Latin *foraculum from Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”). Compare Galician buraco, furaco, furado, Asturian furacu, buracu, Ladino burako, Leonese buraco, and Spanish buraco; cf. also Catalan forat, Spanish horado.
Or, possibly borrowed from Old High German boron (“to bore, drill”).

der

(billiards, pool, snooker) pocket (cavity with a sack at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table)


kjuði

is-noun

kjuði m (genitive singular kjuða, nominative plural kjuðar)

kjuða (genitive singular)
kjuðar (nominative plural)
kjuði (indefinite nominative singular)
kjuðinn (definite nominative singular)
kjuðar (indefinite nominative plural)
kjuðarnir (definite nominative plural)
kjuða (accusative indefinite singular)
kjuðann (accusative definite singular)
kjuða (accusative indefinite plural)
kjuðana (accusative definite plural)
kjuða (dative indefinite singular)
kjuðanum (dative definite singular)
kjuðum (dative indefinite plural)
kjuðunum (dative definite plural)
kjuða (genitive indefinite singular)
kjuðans (definite genitive singular)
kjuða (genitive indefinite plural)
kjuðanna (definite genitive plural)


imbucare

it-verb

imbucàre (first-person singular present imbùco, first-person singular past historic imbucài, past participle imbucàto, auxiliary avére)

imbucàre (canonical)
imbùco (first-person present singular)
imbucài (first-person historic past singular)
imbucàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
imbucàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
imbucàndo (gerund)
imbucànte (participle present)
imbucàto (participle past)
imbùco (first-person indicative present singular)
imbùchi (indicative present second-person singular)
imbùca (indicative present singular third-person)
imbuchiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
imbucàte (indicative plural present second-person)
imbùcano (indicative plural present third-person)
imbucàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
imbucàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
imbucàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
imbucavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
imbucavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
imbucàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
imbucài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
imbucàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
imbucò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
imbucàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
imbucàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
imbucàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
imbucherò (first-person future indicative singular)
imbucherài (future indicative second-person singular)
imbucherà (future indicative singular third-person)
imbucherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
imbucheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
imbucherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
imbucherèi (conditional first-person singular)
imbucherésti (conditional second-person singular)
imbucherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
imbucherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
imbucherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
imbucheréste (conditional plural second-person)
imbucherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
imbucherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
imbùchi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
imbùchi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
imbùchi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
imbuchiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
imbuchiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
imbùchino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
imbucàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
imbucàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
imbucàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
imbucàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
imbucàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
imbucàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
imbùca (imperative second-person singular)
imbùchi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
imbuchiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
imbucàte (imperative plural second-person)
imbùchino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
imbucàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
imbùchi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
imbuchiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
imbucàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
imbùchino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, billiards, snooker) to pocket


billiard table

(sports, billiards, snooker) A heavy felt-covered table fitted with six pockets along the perimeter used in the games of pool, billiards or snooker.


biglia

→ Arabic: بِلْيَة (bilya)

→ Turkish: bilye

(billiards, snooker) billiard/snooker ball


trójkąt

pl-noun

trójkąt m inan (diminutive trójkącik or trójkątek, related adjective trójkątowy)

trójkącik (diminutive)
trójkątek (diminutive)
trójkątowy (adjective)
trójkąt (nominative singular)
trójkąty (nominative plural)
trójkąta (genitive singular)
trójkątów (genitive plural)
trójkątowi (dative singular)
trójkątom (dative plural)
trójkąt (accusative singular)
trójkąty (accusative plural)
trójkątem (instrumental singular)
trójkątami (instrumental plural)
trójkącie (locative singular)
trójkątach (locative plural)
trójkącie (singular vocative)
trójkąty (plural vocative)

From trój- + kąt. Calque of Latin triangulum.

(billiards, snooker, pool) rack (hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a pool game)


pink spot

(snooker) The spot on a snooker table where the pink ball is normally placed.


blue spot

(snooker) The spot on a snooker table where the blue ball is normally placed.


brown spot

en-noun

brown spot (countable and uncountable, plural brown spots)

(snooker, countable) The spot on a snooker table where the brown ball is normally placed.


green spot

(snooker) The spot on a snooker table where the green ball is normally placed.


yellow spot

(snooker) The spot on a snooker table where the yellow ball is normally placed.


object ball

(snooker, billiards) The ball which the cue ball is intended to hit.


ball return

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(snooker, pool) A ramp inside the table, down which balls roll so they can be accessed.


snóker

is-noun

snóker m (genitive singular snókers, no plural)

snókers (genitive singular)
snóker (indefinite nominative singular)
snókerinn (definite nominative singular)
snóker (accusative indefinite singular)
snókerinn (accusative definite singular)
snóker (dative indefinite singular)
snókernum (dative definite singular)
snókers (genitive indefinite singular)
snókersins (definite genitive singular)


triantán

head

triantán m (genitive singular triantáin, nominative plural triantáin)

triantáin (genitive singular)
triantáin (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
triantán (indefinite singular)
triantáin (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a thriantáin (indefinite singular)
a thriantána (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
triantáin (indefinite singular)
triantán (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an triantán (definite singular)
na triantáin (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an triantáin (definite singular)
na dtriantán (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an triantán (definite singular)
don triantán (definite singular)
leis na triantáin (definite plural)
triantán
thriantán
dtriantán

/tʲɾʲiən̪ˠˈt̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/

/ˈtʲɾʲiən̪ˠt̪ˠɑːnˠ/

/ˈtʲɾʲiən̪ˠˈt̪ˠanˠ/


Chinese snooker

en-noun

Chinese snooker (plural Chinese snookers)

His white came back down the table in the orthodox fashion and rested up against the green ball in a Chinese snooker.

1991, Michael Curtin, The plastic tomato cutter:

...in snooker a 'Chinese snooker' is the action of leaving the cue-ball, not behind a coloured ball as with a normal snooker, but in front of one and almost touching it...

1998, Pamela Siew Im Ong, One man's will: a portrait of Dato' Sir Onn bin Ja'afar:

Now, happy bridging over a chinese snooker.

2003, Tjander Nathoeni, “touching ball clarification (snooker)”, in rec.sport.billiard (Usenet):

(snooker) A reverse snooker position where the cue ball is in front of, rather than behind, a ball that is not on, making the shot very difficult because the bridge is hampered and the cueing angle is unnaturally high.


rack up

en-verb

rack up (third-person singular simple present racks up, present participle racking up, simple past and past participle racked up)

racks up (present singular third-person)
racking up (participle present)
racked up (participle past)
racked up (past)

At the start of the game, the referee racks up the red balls.

If you rack up, I'll break.

(transitive, intransitive, snooker, billiards, cue sports) To arrange in a rack.


Q棍

/kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ən⁵¹/

/kʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐn³³/

/kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ən⁵¹/

/kʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐn³³/


Snooker

de-noun

Snooker n (strong, genitive Snookers, plural Snookers)

Snookers (genitive)
Snookers (plural)
Snooker (nominative singular)
Snookers (definite nominative plural)
Snookers (genitive singular)
Snookers (definite genitive plural)
Snooker (dative singular)
Snookers (dative definite plural)
Snooker (accusative singular)
Snookers (accusative definite plural)

(countable, cue sports) snooker (situation)


cheatable

en-adj

cheatable (comparative more cheatable, superlative most cheatable)

more cheatable (comparative)
most cheatable (superlative)

(billiards, snooker, of a pocket) Able to be potted at either edge rather than in the middle


Queue

de-noun

Queue m or n (strong, genitive Queues, plural Queues)

Queues (genitive)
Queues (plural)
Queue (definite nominative singular)
Queues (definite nominative plural)
Queues (genitive singular)
Queues (definite genitive plural)
Queue (dative singular)
Queues (dative definite plural)
Queue (accusative definite singular)
Queues (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French queue. Doublet of Coda.


shot to nothing

en-noun

shot to nothing (plural shots to nothing)

(snooker) An attempted pot that is intended not to leave a possible pot for the opponent if missed.


total clearance

total clearance (countable and uncountable, plural total clearances)

(snooker) The potting of all the object balls on the table.


get one's eye in

en-verb

get one's eye in (third-person singular simple present gets one's eye in, present participle getting one's eye in, simple past and past participle got one's eye in)

gets one's eye in (present singular third-person)
getting one's eye in (participle present)
got one's eye in (participle past)
got one's eye in (past)

(chiefly UK, sports) To become accustomed to the playing conditions, and thus bring one's hand-eye coordination to a reasonable level.


break-building

(snooker) The act or skill of scoring points by making an uninterrupted series of pots.


sinuca

(Brazil) snooker (a variety of snooker in which, on a rectangular table covered in green felt and with six holes, eight balls of different colors and values are rolled with a wooden cue, the winner scoring the most points by using the white ball to put all the others into any of the holes.)

(Brazil) snooker (square table or establishment where this game is played.)


century break

(snooker) A consecutive score of 100 or more points in one visit to the table in a frame of snooker.


Break

de-noun

Break n (strong, genitive Breaks, plural Breaks)


roll in

en-verb

roll in (third-person singular simple present rolls in, present participle rolling in, simple past and past participle rolled in)

rolls in (present singular third-person)
rolling in (participle present)
rolled in (participle past)
rolled in (past)

He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.

(snooker, transitive) To pot with minimal force.


rimpallare

it-verb

rimpallàre (first-person singular present rimpàllo, first-person singular past historic rimpallài, past participle rimpallàto, auxiliary avére)

rimpallàre (canonical)
rimpàllo (first-person present singular)
rimpallài (first-person historic past singular)
rimpallàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
rimpallàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
rimpallàndo (gerund)
rimpallànte (participle present)
rimpallàto (participle past)
rimpàllo (first-person indicative present singular)
rimpàlli (indicative present second-person singular)
rimpàlla (indicative present singular third-person)
rimpalliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
rimpallàte (indicative plural present second-person)
rimpàllano (indicative plural present third-person)
rimpallàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rimpallàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rimpallàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rimpallavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rimpallavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rimpallàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rimpallài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rimpallàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rimpallò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rimpallàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rimpallàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rimpallàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rimpallerò (first-person future indicative singular)
rimpallerài (future indicative second-person singular)
rimpallerà (future indicative singular third-person)
rimpallerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
rimpalleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
rimpallerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
rimpallerèi (conditional first-person singular)
rimpallerésti (conditional second-person singular)
rimpallerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
rimpallerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
rimpallerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
rimpalleréste (conditional plural second-person)
rimpallerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
rimpallerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
rimpàlli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rimpàlli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rimpàlli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rimpalliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rimpalliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rimpàllino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rimpallàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rimpallàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rimpallàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rimpallàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rimpallàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rimpallàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rimpàlla (imperative second-person singular)
rimpàlli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rimpalliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
rimpallàte (imperative plural second-person)
rimpàllino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
rimpallàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
rimpàlli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rimpalliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
rimpallàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
rimpàllino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, billiards, snooker, soccer) to rebound [auxiliary avere]


tisas

to apply chalk at the dnc of the cuestick


screwback

(snooker, pool, billiards) The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.


桌球

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

/t͡sʰœːk̚³ kʰɐu̯²¹/

/t͡sœːk̚³ kʰɐu̯²¹/

/to²¹⁻⁴² ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iu¹³/

/tɵ²¹⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iu¹³/

/tɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

/t͡sʰœːk̚³ kʰɐu̯²¹/

/t͡sœːk̚³ kʰɐu̯²¹/

/to²¹⁻⁴² ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iu¹³/

/tɵ²¹⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾iu¹³/

/tɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/

(southern Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore) snookers; billiards


ciú

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ciú m (genitive singular ciú, nominative plural ciúnna)

ciú (genitive singular)
ciúnna (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
ciú (indefinite singular)
ciúnna (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a chiú (indefinite singular)
a chiúnna (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an ciú (definite singular)
na ciúnna (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an chiú (definite singular)
na gciúnna (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an gciú (definite singular)
don chiú (definite singular)
leis na ciúnna (definite plural)
ciú
chiú
gciú


pottable

(billiards, snooker, pool) Able to be potted.


WPBSA

w:World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association

Initialism of World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.


break-off

(billiards, snooker) The first shot in a game of snooker or other cue-game


respotted black

en-noun

respotted black (plural respotted blacks)

(snooker) In a frame that ends in both players having the same score, a tiebreaker where the black is put on its spot and the first player must play from the D until one player pots the black.


touching ball

(snooker) An instance where the cue ball is touching a potential object ball. If the player hits the ball in question, it is a foul shot.


push shot

(snooker) A shot where the cue ball is in contact with the object ball while the cue is in contact with the cue ball. Such a shot is a foul.


lơ

Distinction of blue and green in various languages

Borrowed from French bleu (“blue; billiard chalk”).

Audio (Hà Nội)


caçapa

(Brazil, billiards, pool, snooker) pocket (net into which balls are struck)


encaçapar

pt-verb

encaçapar (first-person singular present encaçapo, first-person singular preterite encaçapei, past participle encaçapado)

encaçapo (first-person present singular)
encaçapei (first-person preterite singular)
encaçapado (participle past)
encaçapar (impersonal infinitive)
encaçapar (first-person infinitive singular)
encaçapares (infinitive second-person singular)
encaçapar (infinitive singular third-person)
encaçaparmos (first-person infinitive plural)
encaçapardes (infinitive plural second-person)
encaçaparem (infinitive plural third-person)
encaçapando (gerund)
encaçapado (masculine participle past singular)
encaçapados (masculine participle past plural)
encaçapada (feminine participle past singular)
encaçapadas (feminine participle past plural)
encaçapo (first-person indicative present singular)
encaçapas (indicative present second-person singular)
encaçapa (indicative present singular third-person)
encaçapamos (first-person indicative plural present)
encaçapais (indicative plural present second-person)
encaçapam (indicative plural present third-person)
encaçapava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
encaçapavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
encaçapava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
encaçapávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
encaçapáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
encaçapavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
encaçapei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
encaçapaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
encaçapou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
encaçapamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
encaçapámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
encaçapastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
encaçaparam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
encaçapara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
encaçaparas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
encaçapara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
encaçapáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
encaçapáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
encaçaparam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
encaçaparei (first-person future indicative singular)
encaçaparás (future indicative second-person singular)
encaçapará (future indicative singular third-person)
encaçaparemos (first-person future indicative plural)
encaçapareis (future indicative plural second-person)
encaçaparão (future indicative plural third-person)
encaçaparia (conditional first-person singular)
encaçaparias (conditional second-person singular)
encaçaparia (conditional singular third-person)
encaçaparíamos (conditional first-person plural)
encaçaparíeis (conditional plural second-person)
encaçapariam (conditional plural third-person)
encaçape (first-person present singular subjunctive)
encaçapes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
encaçape (present singular subjunctive third-person)
encaçapemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
encaçapeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
encaçapem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
encaçapasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
encaçapasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
encaçapasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
encaçapássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
encaçapásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
encaçapassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
encaçapar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
encaçapares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
encaçapar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
encaçaparmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
encaçapardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
encaçaparem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
encaçapa (imperative second-person singular)
encaçape (imperative singular third-person)
encaçapemos (first-person imperative plural)
encaçapai (imperative plural second-person)
encaçapem (imperative plural third-person)
não encaçapes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não encaçape (imperative negative singular third-person)
não encaçapemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não encaçapeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não encaçapem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(billiards, snooker, pool) to pocket (cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table)


rerack

en-verb

rerack (third-person singular simple present reracks, present participle reracking, simple past and past participle reracked)

reracks (present singular third-person)
reracking (participle present)
reracked (participle past)
reracked (past)

(transitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To rack (the balls) again, as when preparing for a new game.


rerack

(snooker) An instance of reracking the balls to restart a frame.


սնուկեր

head

սնուկեր • (snuker)

hy-noun

սնուկեր • (snuker)

snuker (romanization)
սնուկեր (nominative singular singular-only)
սնուկերի (dative singular singular-only)
սնուկերից (ablative singular singular-only)
սնուկերով (instrumental singular singular-only)
սնուկերում (locative singular singular-only)
սնուկերը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
սնուկերն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
սնուկերին (dative definite singular singular-only)
սնուկերս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
սնուկերիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
սնուկերիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
սնուկերովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
սնուկերումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
սնուկերդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
սնուկերիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
սնուկերիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
սնուկերովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
սնուկերումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

սնուկերը/սնուկերն

սնուկերները/սնուկերներն

սնուկերներին

սնուկերներից

սնուկերներով

սնուկերներում

սնուկերներիս

սնուկերներիցս

սնուկերներովս

սնուկերներումս

սնուկերներիդ

սնուկերներիցդ

սնուկերներովդ

սնուկերներումդ


թելադրիչ

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թելադրիչ • (tʻeladričʻ)

hy-noun

թելադրիչ • (tʻeladričʻ)

tʻeladričʻ (romanization)
թելադրիչ (nominative singular)
թելադրիչներ (nominative plural)
թելադրիչի (dative singular)
թելադրիչների (dative plural)
թելադրիչից (ablative singular)
թելադրիչներից (ablative plural)
թելադրիչով (instrumental singular)
թելադրիչներով (instrumental plural)
թելադրիչում (locative singular)
թելադրիչներում (locative plural)
թելադրիչը (definite nominative singular)
թելադրիչն (definite nominative singular)
թելադրիչները (definite nominative plural)
թելադրիչներն (definite nominative plural)
թելադրիչին (dative definite singular)
թելադրիչներին (dative definite plural)
թելադրիչս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
թելադրիչներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
թելադրիչիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
թելադրիչներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
թելադրիչիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
թելադրիչներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
թելադրիչովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
թելադրիչներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
թելադրիչումս (first-person locative possessive singular)
թելադրիչներումս (first-person locative plural possessive)
թելադրիչդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
թելադրիչներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
թելադրիչիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
թելադրիչներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
թելադրիչիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
թելադրիչներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
թելադրիչովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
թելադրիչներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
թելադրիչումդ (locative possessive second-person singular)
թելադրիչներումդ (locative plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

թելադրիչը/թելադրիչն

թելադրիչները/թելադրիչներն

թելադրիչների

թելադրիչներին

թելադրիչներից

թելադրիչներով

թելադրիչներում

թելադրիչներս

թելադրիչներիս

թելադրիչներիցս

թելադրիչներովս

թելադրիչումս

թելադրիչներումս

թելադրիչներդ

թելադրիչներիդ

թելադրիչներիցդ

թելադրիչներովդ

թելադրիչումդ

թելադրիչներումդ

[tʰelɑdɾít͡ʃʰ]

[tʰelɑtʰɾít͡ʃʰ]


撞球

ja-noun

撞(どう)球(きゅう) • (dōkyū) ^(←どうきう (doukiu)?)

撞球 (canonical)
dōkyū (romanization)
doukiu (romanization)
どうきう (hiragana historical)


手球

手(て)球(だま)が⑨(ナイン)ボールを直(ちょく)撃(げき)———‼⑨(ナイン)ボールはコーナーポケットへ一(いっ)直(ちょく)線(せん)———‼

1990 March 17, Maekawa, Takeshi, “第(だい)120話(わ) 氷(ひょう)解(かい)⑤ [Chapter 120: Tiebreaker ⑤]”, in ブレイクショット [Break Shot], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 44:

The cue ball hits the ⑨ ball directly———‼ The ⑨ ball’s going straight to the corner pocket———‼

Tedama ga nain bōru o chokugeki———‼ Nain bōru wa kōnā poketto e itchokusen———‼


acchitare

it-verb

acchitàre (first-person singular present acchìto, first-person singular past historic acchitài, past participle acchitàto, auxiliary avére)

acchitàre (canonical)
acchìto (first-person present singular)
acchitài (first-person historic past singular)
acchitàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
acchitàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
acchitàndo (gerund)
acchitànte (participle present)
acchitàto (participle past)
acchìto (first-person indicative present singular)
acchìti (indicative present second-person singular)
acchìta (indicative present singular third-person)
acchitiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
acchitàte (indicative plural present second-person)
acchìtano (indicative plural present third-person)
acchitàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
acchitàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
acchitàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
acchitavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
acchitavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
acchitàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
acchitài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
acchitàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
acchitò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
acchitàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
acchitàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
acchitàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
acchiterò (first-person future indicative singular)
acchiterài (future indicative second-person singular)
acchiterà (future indicative singular third-person)
acchiterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
acchiteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
acchiterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
acchiterèi (conditional first-person singular)
acchiterésti (conditional second-person singular)
acchiterèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
acchiterébbe (conditional singular third-person)
acchiterémmo (conditional first-person plural)
acchiteréste (conditional plural second-person)
acchiterèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
acchiterébbero (conditional plural third-person)
acchìti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
acchìti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
acchìti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
acchitiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
acchitiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
acchìtino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
acchitàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
acchitàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
acchitàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
acchitàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
acchitàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
acchitàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
acchìta (imperative second-person singular)
acchìti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
acchitiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
acchitàte (imperative plural second-person)
acchìtino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
acchitàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
acchìti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
acchitiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
acchitàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
acchìtino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Borrowed from French acquitter (literally “to free”).

bor+

(billiards, snooker) to break off (to make the first shot) by hitting (the ball) so as to leave the opponent at a disadvantage


run of the ball

en-noun

run of the ball (plural runs of the ball)

(snooker, pool, billiards) A run of good luck; a situation where a player is able to make his or her desired shots without difficulty.


queuter

queuter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
queutant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
queuté (participle past)
queute (first-person indicative present singular)
queutes (indicative present second-person singular)
queute (indicative present singular third-person)
queutons (first-person indicative plural present)
queutez (indicative plural present second-person)
queutent (indicative plural present third-person)
queutais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
queutais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
queutait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
queutions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
queutiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
queutaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
queutai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
queutas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
queuta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
queutâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
queutâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
queutèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
queuterai (first-person future indicative singular)
queuteras (future indicative second-person singular)
queutera (future indicative singular third-person)
queuterons (first-person future indicative plural)
queuterez (future indicative plural second-person)
queuteront (future indicative plural third-person)
queuterais (conditional first-person singular)
queuterais (conditional second-person singular)
queuterait (conditional singular third-person)
queuterions (conditional first-person plural)
queuteriez (conditional plural second-person)
queuteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
queute (first-person present singular subjunctive)
queutes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
queute (present singular subjunctive third-person)
queutions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
queutiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
queutent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
queutasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
queutasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
queutât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
queutassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
queutassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
queutassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
queute (imperative second-person singular)
queutons (first-person imperative plural)
queutez (imperative plural second-person)

(snooker, billiards) to push (to have the cue ball in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time)


run the table

en-verb

run the table (third-person singular simple present runs the table, present participle running the table, simple past ran the table, past participle run the table)

runs the table (present singular third-person)
running the table (participle present)
ran the table (past)
run the table (participle past)

(snooker, pool) To succeed in potting all of one's balls in a single turn.


taquear

es-verb

taquear (first-person singular present taqueo, first-person singular preterite taqueé, past participle taqueado)

taqueo (first-person present singular)
taqueé (first-person preterite singular)
taqueado (participle past)

(Argentina, pool, snooker, billiards) to hit


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[kəː˧˧ tʰu˧˩]

[kəː˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨]

[kəː˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦]

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plain ball

play the shot plain ball

(snooker, of a shot) Hitting the cue ball in the center.


plain ball

a plain ball shot


breakbuilder

He is a prolific breakbuilder.

(snooker) A player who scores points by making an interrupted series of pots.


bank shot

(snooker, pool, billiards) A shot in which the player causes the cue ball or an object ball to rebound off a cushion.


half butt

(snooker) An extra long snooker cue and bridge used to reach the cue ball when at the far end of the table.


knock in

en-verb

knock in (third-person singular simple present knocks in, present participle knocking in, simple past and past participle knocked in)

knocks in (present singular third-person)
knocking in (participle present)
knocked in (participle past)
knocked in (past)

With the tension rising Brecel knocked in a timely 51 to leave himself on the brink of victory, which he confirmed with a stylish 112 break.

(snooker, transitive) To score (a break)