billiards
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 pool2 (def. 1).
Origin of billiards
1Other words from billiards
- bil·liard·ist, noun
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How to use billiards in a sentence
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.
Prince Harry's U.S. Tour: Rolling Updates and all the News and Pictures as It Happens | Tom Sykes | May 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt 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.
Residents in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Assess the Damage After Sandy | Eliza Shapiro | October 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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.
Yay! Harry Keeps Clothes On In New Paralympics Video Message!! | Tom Sykes | August 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Their generosity did not suffice for his dissipations, his cafe bills and his unbridled taste for billiards.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheBesides this, there's billiards and gambling for the gentlemen, a little dancing for the gals, and scandle for the dowygers.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush | William Makepeace ThackerayAfter one of my remonstrances Mr. Bradlaugh invited me to play a game of billiards.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh | George W. FooteFor other Captains not of a poetical turn, there are billiards, coffee-houses, and plenty of excellent beer and other liquor.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleInstead of playing billiards, however, Napoleon asked her to read to him from a book that he had lately received from England.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah Reed
British Dictionary definitions for billiards
/ (ˈbɪljədz) /
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
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 (def. 5), snooker
Origin of billiards
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