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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Back Scratch as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
Back Scratch is another term for an intentional foul. The term back scratch is used more often than other similar terms in the game of straight pool.
It looks like that shot was nothing but a back scratch.
The term "back scratch" is considered to be a slang term related to billiard technique. The back scratch definition was entered on 4/15/2006 and was updated on 12/30/2007 9:48:07 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: flagrant foul, professional foul, foul, fault, deliberate foul, miss, miss rule for more on the meaning of back scratch.
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