cue ball

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   the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue

   Broaderbilliard ball

Questions about cue ball

What does cue ball mean?

cue ball means "the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue".

Is cue ball a common word?

cue ball is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.