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half-ball

half-ball adjective: describes a shot where the cue ball and the object ball make contact at a natural 45º angle.

Adjective

half-ball (not comparable)

  1. Describes a shot where the cue ball and the object ball make contact at a natural 45º angle.
    • The shot needs to be slightly thicker than half-ball to get to the center pocket.

Origin of half-ball

From half- + ball, so called because the view from the cue ball is half eclipsing the object ball.

Questions about half-ball

What does half-ball mean?
Half-ball means describes a shot where the cue ball and the object ball make contact at a natural 45º angle.
What part of speech is half-ball?
Half-ball is an adjective.

Words near half-ball in the dictionary

  1. half-back
  2. half-backs
  3. half-baked
  4. half-bakedness
  5. half-bakeds
  6. half-ball
  7. half-baptism
  8. half-baptisms
  9. half-barrier
  10. half-barriers
  11. half-bat

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