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The correct spelling is eight ball.
How to pronounce eight ball
noun
Say it like: Ayt- ba-ll
The correct spelling is eight ball. A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.
- 2.The billards ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight.
- 3.A portion of cocaine or methamphetamine weighing 1/8 of an ounce, or 3.5 grams.
- 4.A black person.
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