"eight ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eight balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} eight ball (plural eight balls)
  1. Alternative form of eight-ball Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: eight-ball
    Sense id: en-eight_ball-en-noun-2vySC06d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        },
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        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of eight-ball"
      ],
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        ]
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eight ball"
}

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    {
      "form": "eight balls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eight ball (plural eight balls)",
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    }
  ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of eight-ball"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eight-ball",
          "eight-ball#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eight ball"
}

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