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Aiming
Point: The point on the object ball where you
aim the center of the cue ball.
Balance
Point: On a cue, the point at which the weight
of the front (shaft) equals the weight of the rear.
Ball
in Hand (Free Ball): The reward to the incoming
player after another player fouls. Ball in hand allows
the incoming player to place the cue ball anywhere on
the table and to begin shoot from there.
Billiards:
The name that is now used for all cue sports.
Break
Ball: In 14-1, the last ball in a rack, used
to send the cue ball into the new rack of balls after
the reracking.
Bridge:
The configuration of your front hand when stroking.
Butt:
The thick, heavy end of the cue stick.
Call
Shot: The requirement that you name the ball
that you intend to pocket and the pocket that it will
go in before you make the shot.
Closed
Bridge: A bridge that involves wrapping a finger
over the cue.
Combination:
A shot in which the first object ball goes into a second
object ball, which then goes where you want it to go
(usually in a pocket).
Contact
Point: The point at which the cue ball actually
hits the object ball.
Cue:
The piece of equipment that you use to strike the cue
ball.
Cue
Ball: The white ball.
Cushion:
The cloth-covered rubber outer boundary of the table
bed.
Draw:
Hit the cue ball below center so that when it hits an
object ball it returns toward you.
8-Ball:
A billiard game played with 15 object balls and a cue
ball. The winner is the player who pockets all the ball
in his group (solids or stripes) and the 8 ball.
Ferrule:
The white plastic material around the small end of the
cue, just behind the cue tip, covering the place where
the cue tip is inserted into the wood of the shaft (the
tenon).
Follow:
Short for follow spin, meaning that the cue ball was
struck above the equator.
Head
String: A line at the head of the table. You
find the head string by going down two spots on each
side rail: the line connecting the spots across the
table is the head string.
Joint:
The section at which the two pieces of a cue attach.
Key
Ball: In 14-1, the ball played just before the
break ball. The key ball allows you to get proper position
on the break ball.
Kiss:
Bounce an object ball off another object ball, usually
with the intention of making the first ball go in a
pocket.
9-Ball:
A billiard game played with nine objects and a cue ball.
The winner is the person who pockets the 9 ball.
Object
Ball: The balls that the cue ball hits.
Open
Break: A break shot that breaks the rack of
balls so hard that they open up and go in all directions
Open
Bridge: A bridge for your front hand, in which
the cue rests in a V created by the end of your thumb
and your first finger.
Rack:
1. The wood, plastic or metal device used to arrange
the balls for the beginning of a game. 2. Those balls
in that postion. 3. It means to gather the balls in
the device in definition 1.
Rail:
1. The hard outside perimeter of a billiard table. The
cloth-covered cushion is attached to the rail. 2. Slang
for the cushion/rail unit.
Rail
Bridge: The configuration of your front hand
when it is on the rail or cushion.
Safety:
A shot that prevents your opponent from being able to
pocket a ball.
Shaft:
The narrow end of the cue.
Solids:
The 1 ball through the 7 ball, in the game of 8-Ball
14-1:
A game in which each ball counts as 1 point, and you
can play to any number of points. You do the latter
by leaving the last ball in a rack unpocketed until
the preceding 14 balls are reracked.
Stripes:
The 9 ball through 15 ball, in the game of 8-Ball.
Tip:
The piece of leather at the pointed end of the cue.
V-Bridge:
Another name for an Open Bridge.
Wrap:
The material, on most cues, wrapped around the cue butt
where your back hand grip the cue.
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