
Pool, almost always a variant of eight-ball, that is played by bar players on a bar table. Often used pejoratively by pool room players to refer to a perceived lesser skill level of such players. Bar player or Bar league player A player that predominantly plays in bars or is in a bar-based pool league. Sometimes "bank" is conflated to refer to kick shots as well, and in the UK it is often called a double. Bank shot/bank A shot in which an object ball is driven to one or more rails prior to being pocketed (or in some contexts, prior to reaching its intended target not necessarily a pocket).

Banger A derogatory term for a recreational or beginning player who "bangs" the balls without any thought for position nor attempt to control the cue ball also a reference to the predilection of beginners to often hit the cue ball far harder than necessary. In snooker, at the beginning of a player's turn, unless all are already potted, any red ball can be the "ball-on". For example, in WEPF/ UK eight-ball, if a player is playing yellows, any yellow ball (or any solid, from 1 to 7, if using a solids and stripes ball set) can be the "ball-on" until they are all potted, in which case the 8 ball is the ball-on.
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the free throw in basketball by way of comparison.) Ball-on Any legally strikable ball on the table in British terminology. Usually only available to a player when the opposing player has committed some type of foul under a particular game's rules. Ball-in-hand The option of placing the cue ball anywhere on the table prior to shooting.


See eight-ball main article for the game. 8 (eight) ball See 8 ball, under " E", for the ball. Table of Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0–9 10 (ten) ball See 10 ball, under " T", for the ball. The term billiards is sometimes also used to refer to all of the cue sports. The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a table without pockets such as straight-rail, three-cushion, balkline and artistic billiards and snooker played on a special table which, like a pool table, has six pockets, but is significantly larger and has specialized refinements.
