8 ball

English

An 8 ball

8 ball

Alternative forms

• eightball, eight-ball, eight ball

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Noun

8 ball (plural 8 balls)

1. (literally, billiards) The eighth numbered ball.

   The 8 ball was buried behind the 10 and the 15.

2. A cocktail made with vodka and V8 vegetable juice.
3. (slang) An eighth of an ounce, especially as a drug quantity.
4. (slang) 3.5 grams of cocaine.
5. (slang) A 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor
6. (slang) The alliance of the Folks and Crips (two gangs).