pocket billiards

English

Noun

pocket billiards (uncountable)

1. Any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.
2. (slang) Synonym of pocket pool

Synonyms

• pool

Hypernyms

• cue sport

Coordinate terms

• carom billiards

Further reading

• “pocket billiards n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present