carpetball

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noun

A game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner.

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Meanings

nouncarpetball (countable and uncountable, plural carpetballs)

plural carpetballs · alternative carpet ball

  1. uncountableA game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner.
  2. countablehistoricalA heavy ceramic or stone ball that was rolled along the floor in some games.

Origin

From carpet + ball.

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APA

carpetball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpetball

MLA

“carpetball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpetball. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carpetball,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpetball.

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