"cue ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cue balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cue ball (plural cue balls)
  1. (snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, stricken by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game. Categories (topical): Billiards, Snooker, Games Synonyms: white, cueball Translations (white ball in cue sports): թելադրիչ (tʻeladričʻ) (Armenian), հարվածիչ (harvacičʻ) (Armenian), bola d'atac [feminine] (Catalan), 母球 (mǔqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), kivi (Finnish), bola branca [feminine] (Galician), bianca [feminine] (Italian), 手球 (tedama) (Japanese), бито́к (bitók) (Russian), биток (bytok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bi cái (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-cue_ball-en-noun-PAZTePXH Disambiguation of Games: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 73 27 Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports Disambiguation of 'white ball in cue sports': 96 4
  2. (derogatory, slang) A bald person. Tags: derogatory, slang Synonyms: baldy
    Sense id: en-cue_ball-en-noun-p2g6YdhT Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 41 59

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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