pool
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2.6
- noun
- /puːl/
:
billar
- Quinn could see a pool table in the back room, a lazy game in progress.
- play pool
- a pool table
- a game of pool
There are five antique pool racks with QS.
- There are five antique pool racks with QS.
- You know, I've played pool a few times in my life.
- Oh, yeah, We never go play pool, but we're pulling out.
- And he also makes a little bit of money playing billiards or pool and playing cards.
- Darts, pool, maybe some food and then maybe daytime disco.
- But how are you so good at pool a young age?
- I wasted a lot of my youth not getting good at pool.
- Like, I'm, you know, I'm, I'm doing the scene in the pool, pool room, right.
Examples
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I played pool and billiards pretty seriously.
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Your dad and I had a couple of beers and shot a good game of pool.
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So we played so many games with pool and he won every single time.
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We're gonna get a pool table when we get a bigger place.
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A few men played a slow game of pool in the back.
Academic text (2007) -
Hey, you wanna shoot some pool?
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I'm one of the two, three top pool players in the country.
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I played in a pool tournament in my ward.
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You know, I've played pool a few times in my life.
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We went to the bar to shoot some pool with our friends after work.
Synonyms
15
4.4
Games played on a table with a cloth top where players use a long stick to hit balls
Games like pool that are played on a table with six pockets where players hit balls with a long stick
Compounds
- Archaic
2
4.6
A group of people who make written documents for different people in an office
- Jargon
1
9.3
A group of typists who type and write down what people say for an organization
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pool for the table game got its name from the same idea of a betting 'pool' where people put money together for a match, and the name stayed with the game played in those rooms.