pool player
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3.5
- noun
- /puːl ˈpleɪər/
:
jugador de billar
- Indeed, they would have been well understood by any experienced pool player.
- a good pool player
- a bad pool player
- a team pool player
Examples
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She is very possibly the worst pool player Stuart has ever seen.
Fiction book (1995) -
He was a professional pool player in Baltimore.
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You got yourself a pool player.
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You are a good pool player.
Fiction book (1996) -
A young professional pool player who had just been named.
Blog text (28) -
My father had been a skilled pool player.
Fiction book (2001) -
Hotshot pool player, huh?
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Jim scans the bar: pool players, biker music, a rowdy crowd.
Fiction book (1995) -
Chewed on the ice in his Coke and watched the pool players circle the table like boxers, high-shouldered and flat-faced.
Fiction book (1996) -
He dreams of becoming a professional pool player and competes in tournaments every weekend.
Synonyms
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3.9
A person who plays billiards for fun or as a job
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who plays the game of pool' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'pool' (a cue sport) with 'player' (someone who plays). This simple noun + noun composition follows common cross-linguistic compounding patterns and involves no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
The compound noun pool player shows a simple picture of a person leaning over a pool table and using a cue to hit balls into the pockets. So pool player means 'a person who plays the game of pool', often someone who 'plays well' or plays professionally.