8-ball is a classic billiards game, probably the canonical game played in the U.S. It is actually played with 15 balls (excluding the cue ball).
To be "behind the 8-ball" or simply "8-balled" is to be put in an impossible or difficult situation; the term derives from the billiards game, where it is illegal to strike the 8-ball until the end of the game. "8-ball" can be used as a generic exclamation of success or victory.
In slang, "8-ball" refers to 3.5 grams of cocaine. Traditionally, cocaine was packaged for sale in rolled up baggies; hence, "ball". The '8' may refer to the amount 1/8 ounce, or possibly the street value of 8 "dimes" ($80) In a rarer usage 8-ball refers to a 40-oz can of Olde English 800 malt liquor. It can also refer to a cocktail made with V8 juice and vodka.
"8-ball" is a colloquial (and possibly offensive) term for a black person, with emphasis on a clean-shaven hairstyle.
In aviation, "8-ball" is slang for the artificial horizon indicator, which is ball-shaped. (Unlike the black 8-ball of billiards, it is brown and blue.) The term is used at one point in the script of "Apollo 13".
What is a "8 inch ball" ? Is 8 inches the diameter ? Then its diameter is 8 inches. Is 8 inches the radius ? Then its diameter is 16 inches. Is 8 inches the circumference ? Then its diameter is about 2.546 inches (rounded).
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The world's golden mean is inside of a poke-ball!!
It is: 8+8+8+5+6 = 35 and 35*5 = 7 which is the mean
A ball in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Been behind 8 ball. been behind bars...
No, if you mean in the game of 8 Ball. In 8 Ball, pocketing the 8 ball is required to be its own shot to be considered "legal contact", so hitting any other numbered ball first, your's or opponent's, is not legal contact with the 8 ball.
Do you mean a "8- Ball" of meth... that's 3.5 grams
It is a foul. Under BCA and APA rules, if your object ball is the 8 ball and you fail to contact it first on your shot, it is a foul and the opponent gets ball in hand. Under some house rules in the US, it can mean loss of game.
Luck, Chance, Hope, Gambling, Predicting the future? Think about the purpose of an 8 ball...
there is no 8 ball
The eight ball is the ball you hit after all your balls are sinked. * Added - Under APA Rules the 8 ball is not neutral. Under many House Rules, the 8 ball is neutral.
an 8 ball is an eighth of an ounce. so an 8 ball of speed is 3.5 grams
The number 8. there is nothing that special about a 8 ball.
behind a 8 pool ball
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