pocket billiards

noun

Any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.

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poolpocket pool
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Meanings

nounpocket billiards (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAny of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.

    Synonyms: pool, pocket pool

  2. slanguncountableSynonym of pocket pool (“masturbation through a trouser pocket”)

    Synonyms: pocket pool

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.

Similar
poolpocket pool

nounSynonym of pocket pool (“masturbation through a trouser pocket”)

Similar
pocket pool

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

Similar
pool
Broader
table game
Also see
pocket poolpool

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“pocket billiards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket%20billiards. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pocket billiards,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pocket%20billiards.

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