Billiard Technique Glossary of Terms

Welcome to the billiard technique glossary of terms. This category is designed to get you up to speed with all of the billiard terminology related to cue sport technique and skill. Again, while this category is by no means considered complete, it is our largest category, making up a full one third of the entire billiard terms glossary.

Billiard Technique Glossary of Terms

Aiming Line	Anchor Nurse	Anchor Space
Angle of Incidence	Angle of Reflection	Angle Shot
Angled	Angled Shot	Arc
Around the Table	Back Cut	Back Scratch
Back Spin	Backcut	Backspin
Bad Hit	Bank	Bank Shot
Banked Ball	Banking Lane	Banking Line
Barrels	Beating The Opponent To The Shot	Billiard
Billiard Shot	Blocker	Blood Test
Body English	Bottom	Bottom Spin
Bottomspin	Break and Dish	Break and Run
Break And Run Out	Break Serve	Break Shot
Buzzing	Cannon	Carom
Catch A Stroke	Century	Cheat The Pocket
Cheating the Pocket	Check Side	Chin Lock
Chuck Nurse	Cinching a Shot	Clean
Clean Bank	Clean Shot	Cling
Closed Bridge	Cluster	Cod Lock
Collision Induced English	Collision Induced Throw	Combination
Combination On	Combination Shot	Combo
Contact Point	Containing Safety	Corner Ball
Corner Hooked	Cover	Cradle Cannon
Cripple	Cross Corner	Cross Corner Bank
Cross Double	Cross Over Bank	Cross Side
Cross Table	Cub	Cue Action
Cue Ball Control	Cue Power	Cue Shot
Cueing	Curve Shot	Cut Shot
Dart Stroke	Dead	Dead Ball
Dead Ball Shot	Dead Combo	Dead Pop
Dead Rail	Deadweight	Defensive play
Deflection	Deliberate Foul	Dish
Disrespectful	Double	Double Hit
Double Kiss	Double The Rail	Double Up
Double Whammy	Drag Shot	Draw
Draw Back	Draw Shot	Drawback
Drill	Duck	Duck Shot
Eight And Out	English	Equator
Escape	Fan	Fat
Feather	Feather Shot	Five In The Corner
Five In The Side	Five Rails	Flat Draw
Fluke	Flyer	Follow
Follow Shot	Follow That Car	Follow Through
Force	Force Draw	Force Follow
Force Follow Shot	Forced Shot	Four In The Corner
Four In The Side	Four Rails	Fram
Free Break	Free Shot	Free Stroking
Free Wheeling	Frozen	Full
Full Ball	Fundamentals	Gather
Gather Shot	Get Out of Jail Shot	Ghost
Ghost Ball	Give Up Shot	Go
Grade A Shot	Grade B Shot	Grade C Shot
Group Shot	Half Ball Hit	Hand Bridge
Hanger	Hanging in the Pocket	Having The Cue Ball On A String
Hazard	Heap	Helping English
High Karate	Hit	Hold Up English
Hold Your Man	Holding the Pocket	Hook
Hooked	House Rack	Hugging the Rail
In Jail	In Off	In Play
Inside English	Insurance Ball	Intentional Foul
Jack Up	Jail	Jawed
Jawed Ball	Jenny	Jump
Jump Shot	Key Ball	Key shot
Kick	Kill	Kill Shot
Kiss	Kiss Back Bank	Kiss Out
Kiss Shot	Leave	Left
Lengthen A Bank	Lie Of The Balls	Locked Up
Long	Long Bank	Long Double
Losing Hazard	Masse	Masse Shot
Miscue	Missable	Natural
Natural Angle	Natural English	Nip Draw
Nurse	Nurse Shot	On
On A String	On Combo	On The Snap
One Rail	Open Bridge	Out Of Play
Out Of The Break	Outside English	Overcut
Overcutting	Paper Cut	Parking The Cue Ball
Pile	Pin Ball	Pique
Piquet	Plant	Play The Cue Ball
Playing The Ghost	Pocket Speed	Position
Position Play	Pot	Pot And Tuck
Potting Angle	Power Draw Shot	Power Shot
Power Through	Power Thru	Pro Side
Pro Side Of The Pocket	Professional Foul	Professional Side
Professional Side Of The Pocket	Prograde Follow	Prograde Topspin
Push	Push Out	Push Shot
Pushout	Rail First	Rail First Shot
Rattle In	Reading the Stack	Rearrange the Furniture
Removal Shot	Respond	Return
Reverse English	Riding The Nine	Right
Road Map	Rocking Cannon	Roll
Rolling The Cheese	Round The Angles	Ruckus
Run	Run Out	Run The Table
Running English	Running Side	Runout
Safe	Safety	Safety Break
Safety In Mind	Screw	Screw Back
Sell Out	Sell The Farm	Sellout
Semi Masse	Semi Masse Shot	Shape
Shape Shot	Shooting System	Short
Short Bank	Shorten a Bank	Shot
Shot For Nothing	Side	Side English
Side Spin	Sideboards	Sidespin
Siding	Sink In Shot	Sitter
Skid	Slang	Slate
Slip Stroke	Smash Through	Snake
Snake Shot	Snap	Snick
Snookered	Speed Control	Splash
Split	Split Hit	Split Shot
Spot Shot	Spot Stroke	Squeeze Shot
Squirt	Stack	Stance
Stay Shot	Steering	Stick Your Rock
Stiff	Stop Shot	Straight Back
Straight Back Bank	Straight Back Three Times	Straight Back Twice
Straight Back Underneath	Stroke	Stuck
Stun	Stun Run Through	Stun Shot
Sucker Shot	Surgeon	Swerve
Swerve Shot	Table in Position	Take A Scratch
Take Out	Taking Care of Whitey	Tangent Line
Tapper	Thick	Thick Shot
Thousand Years	Thread The Needle	Threading The Needle
Threat	Three In The Corner	Three In The Side
Three Rails	Three Times Across	Throw
Throw Shot	Tickie	Ticky
Tight	Time Shot	Timing
Tittie Hooked	Top Spin	Topspin
Transferred English	Trap	Treble
Trick Shot	Trick Shots	Triple
Turn On The Heat	Twice	Twice Across In The Corner
Twice Across In The Side	Two Cushion Double	Two In The Corner
Two In The Side	Two Rails	Two Way Shot
Umbrella Shot	Under the Break	Undercut
Undercutting	Unintentional English	Up Table
Velcro	Velcroing	Visit
Walk The Dog	Warrior	Wedge
Window	Wing Shot	Winning Hazard
Wipe Its Feet	Wired	Z Bank

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