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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Rock as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
The rock is a slang name that refers to the cue ball, or white ball. The reference of the cue ball or white ball as the term rock has connotations to the illegal drug crack rock, which is also white in color. It is believed that some players refer to the cue ball as the rock because they can not stop scratching, which is a problem thought by many billiard players to be as severe as a crack rock problem.
I can't stop scratching the rock.
The term "rock" is considered to be a slang term related to billiard accessories. The rock definition was entered on 11/17/2007 10:55:33 PM and was updated on 11/17/2007 10:55:33 PM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard accessories. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: whitey, whitney, cue ball, white ball, pearl for more on the meaning of rock.
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