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Meaning of billiards

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

billiards

Pronunciation:/ˈbɪlɪədz//ˈbɪl.jɚdz/

noun

Definitions

  1. (games) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.

    Synonyms:English billiards
  2. (games) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

billiards

Pronunciation:/ˈbɪlɪədz//ˈbɪl.jɚdz/

noun

Definitions

  1. A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.

  2. Pertaining to the game of billiards.

    Example: a billiard table; a billiard ball

  3. A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.