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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of On The Wire as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
On the Wire is a slang term used to refer to the number of games a player has won as marked on a wire. Sometimes it can be used to explain how many games ahead one player is.
What a dump this pool hall is. They probably keep track of games on the wire above the only pool table they have.
Wow, Gary is really doing well today, he's already got 4 games on the wire against Jack.
The term "on the wire" is considered to be a slang term related to scoring. The on the wire definition was entered on 3/21/2007 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:49:42 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to scoring. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: wire, across the string, games on the wire for more on the meaning of on the wire.
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