English Dictionary

eight-ball

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞 俗語 民族名 差別語

(uncountable) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.

日本語の意味

（不可算名詞）6つのポケットがあるビリヤード台で、シーカーボールと15個のオブジェクトボールを使用して行うポケットビリヤード（プール）のゲーム。

After work, we played a few games of eight-ball to unwind before dinner.

仕事の後、夕食前に気分転換するために、白球1つと15個の的球を使うポケットビリヤードを何ゲームかしました。

意味（1）

(uncountable) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.

意味（2）

(countable) The billiard ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight.

意味（3）

(countable, slang) A portion of cocaine or methamphetamine weighing ¹⁄₈ of an ounce, or 3.5 grams.

(a policeman confiding to a friend) .. She had welts and bruises all over. So, one night we get called out there again, and I slip down their hallway and stuff two eight balls in his closet. Turns out he was on parole. He goes back to jail, she's safe, and I slept like a baby.

意味（4）

(countable, slang, ethnic slur) A black person.

When a white fellow gets in the ring with an eight ball the eight ball's got no chance. You see, 'cause they call boxing the sweet science. And that's where your colored just runs into trouble. That's just that science part. Yeah, but Joe Louis is a big 'un.

意味（5）

(countable, aviation, slang) A spherical attitude indicator.

The angle-of-attack error indicator, located to the right of the attitude eight-ball, requires some explanation.

eight-balls （ plural ）