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pocket billiards

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
pock-et -bil-liards
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of pocket pool (“masturbation through a trouser pocket”)

Slang; Uncountable

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

carom billiards

Synonyms

pool pocket pool

Questions

What does pocket billiards mean?
Any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.

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