Billiard Rules Glossary of Terms

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Billiard Rules Glossary of Terms

3 Foul Rule	Ball And Pocket	Ball In Hand
Ball On	Balls On	Bar Pool
Bar Rules	Big Ball	Big Ball Position
Blind Draw	Break	Breaking Violation
Call	Call Everything	Call It All
Call Pocket	Call Shot	Call The Ball And Pocket
Called Ball	Called Pocket	Called Shot
Chicago	Cue Ball In Hand	Double Elimination
Double Hill	Down Trou	Fault
Flagrant Foul	Foul	Frame
Game	Game Ball	Gentlemans Call
Gentlemens Call	Golden Break	Group
Hole	House Rules	In Hand
In Turn	Inning	Jump The Table
Kick Shot	Lag	Lagging for the Break
Large Ball	Look Back	Match
Match Ball	No Slop	On The Hill
Open	Open Break	Open Table
Opening Break Shot	Parkers Box	Re Spot
Referee	Re-Rack	Respot
Ring Game	Roll Up	Rotation
Round	Round Robin	Scotch Doubles
Scratch	Seeding	Session
Set	Short Rack	Shot Clock
Single Elimination	Sink	Slop
Spot	Straight 8 Ball	Straight Eight
Straight Eight Ball	Suit	Table Scratch
Three Foul Rule	Total Clearance	Total Snooker
Touching Ball	Two Shot Carry	Two Shots Rule
Two Visits Rule	Wing Ball

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