"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 (tʿeladričʿ) (Armenian), հարվածիչ (harvacičʿ) (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), bi cái (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-cue_ball-en-noun-PAZTePXH Disambiguation of Games: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 74 26 Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports Disambiguation of 'white ball in cue sports': 91 9
  2. (derogatory) A bald person. Tags: derogatory Synonyms: baldy
    Sense id: en-cue_ball-en-noun-p2g6YdhT

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