object ball
91eight-ball — 1. noun a) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets. b) A billiard ball bearing the number eight. 2. verb To pot all ones colour balls and then the black ball… …
92direct object — n. Gram. the word or words denoting the thing or person that receives the action of a transitive verb; goal or result of a verbal action (Ex.: ball in “he hit the ball”) …
93nine ball — n. Pool a form of ROTATION (sense 4) played with nine object balls, in which the winner is the one who pockets the nine ball, either in sequence or by means of a combination shot: also written 9 ball or nine ball …
94teth|er|ball — «teh TH uhr BL», noun. 1. a game played by two persons with a ball fastened by a cord to the top of a tall post. The object of each person is to hit the ball so as to wind the cord around the post, in one direction or the other. 2. the ball used… …
95Spent ball — Spent Spent (sp[e^]nt), a. 1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. [1913 Webster] Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of success. Addison. [1913 Webster] Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground. Dryden.… …
96To address the ball — Address Ad*dress ([a^]d*dr[e^]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addressed} ( dr[e^]st ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Addressing}.] [OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. [ a] (L. ad) + OF. drecier, F. dresser, to …
97Wash ball — Wash Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… …
98Kirby's Block Ball — Infobox VG title = Kirby s Block Ball developer = HAL LaboratoryFact|date=April 2008 Nintendo R D1Fact|date=April 2008 publisher = Nintendo designer = engine = released = vgrelease|JP=December 14, 1995|PAL=1995vgrelease|NA=May 1996 genre = Action …
99air ball — noun a) A thrown ball that misses the basket, and completely fails to touch the net or supporting hoop. b) (hence) Any ball like object that widely misses its intended target when thrown …
100cue ball — cue′ ball n. gam (in billiards or pool) the usu. white ball a player strikes with the cue, as distinguished from the object balls • Etymology: 1880–85 …
