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billiards

[ bil-yerdz ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. any of several games played with hard balls of ivory or a similar material that are driven with a cue on a cloth-covered table enclosed by a raised rim of rubber, especially a game played with a cue ball and two object balls on a table without pockets. Compare pool 2( def 1 ).


billiards

/ ˈbɪljədz /

noun

  1. any of various games in which long cues are used to drive balls now made of composition or plastic. It is played on a rectangular table covered with a smooth tight-fitting cloth and having raised cushioned edges
  2. a version of this, played on a rectangular table having six pockets let into the corners and the two longer sides. Points are scored by striking one of three balls with the cue to contact the other two or one of the two Compare pool 2 snooker
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • billiard·ist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of billiards1

First recorded in 1585–95; plural of billiard
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Word History and Origins

Origin of billiards1

C16: from Old French billard curved stick, from Old French bille log; see billet ²
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Example Sentences

Berry notes that they “spared no expense” reimagining the hundred-year-old building that once played host to billiards, bowling, live jazz, and most recently, a Matchbox pizza.

Landon complained that the publication of the naked billiards photos had put “a real dampener” on the lads’ trip to Nevada.

It all came to a head, of course, with the 2012 photos which showed him playing billiards, naked, in a Las Vegas hotel room.

According to Huth’s claim, the three of them played billiards and Cosby also gave them alcohol, before later bringing them to the Playboy Mansion.

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After discovering he had been hacked, Alfonsi, the billiards company owner, reached out to Facebook for help securing his account.

It is Harry's first return to the U.S. since being pictured naked during a game of strip billiards in a Las Vegas hotel.

It is his first return to the US since being pictured naked during a game of strip billiards in a Las Vegas hotel.

Irizarry opened Bomba Billiards 10 months ago, and now says she fears she may never be able to reopen.

He hung around artists, organized exhibitions, and bought and ran a billiards hall and bar.

One game that won't be played at the paralympics - strip billiards.

Their generosity did not suffice for his dissipations, his cafe bills and his unbridled taste for billiards.

Besides this, there's billiards and gambling for the gentlemen, a little dancing for the gals, and scandle for the dowygers.

After one of my remonstrances Mr. Bradlaugh invited me to play a game of billiards.

For other Captains not of a poetical turn, there are billiards, coffee-houses, and plenty of excellent beer and other liquor.

Instead of playing billiards, however, Napoleon asked her to read to him from a book that he had lately received from England.

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