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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Thread The Needle as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
To thread the needle is to precisely shoot the object ball or the cue ball through a very tight or narrow pathway to it's intended destination. Just as one must be precise and put a delicate thread through a tiny needle head when they thread a needle, the billiard player must be precise while shooting a cue ball through a small path way.
You have a very narrow path to that object ball, so you are going to have to thread the needle.
The term "thread the needle" is considered to be a slang term related to billiard technique. The thread the needle definition was entered on 12/27/2007 12:23:23 PM and was updated on 12/27/2007 12:23:23 PM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: tight, threading the needle, window for more on the meaning of thread the needle.
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