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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Out as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
In cue sports, the term out has a few different contexts for usage. In it's simplest form, the term out may refer to the act of running out. In a handicap context, the term out, when preceded by a number of balls refers to the specific number of balls for the spot from that number to the 9 ball. For example, the 5 out allows the player receiving weight to pocket the 5 ball, 6 ball, 7 ball, 8 ball, and the 9 ball to win.
I'll give you 6 out if you want to play for four bills. Are you game?
The term "out" is considered to be a slang term related to scoring. The out definition was entered on 1/12/2008 2:20:52 PM and was updated on 1/12/2008 2:20:52 PM. 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: run out, handicap, orange crush for more on the meaning of out.
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