winning hazards

A form of winning hazard — When one's cue ball strikes some other ball and causes that other ball to sink into a pocket. If the sunken ball is the red ball then one scores three points, but if the sunken ball is the other player's cue ball then one scores two points.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of winning hazard
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