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Carom

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.

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Backlash 76% connected

The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting…

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Bounce 76% connected

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

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Rebound 76% connected

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

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Recoil 76% connected

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

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Repercussion 76% connected

The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.

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Resile 76% connected

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

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Reverberate 76% connected

Reverberant.

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Ricochet 76% connected

A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Shot 76% connected

of Shoot

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Spring 76% connected

To leap; to bound; to jump.

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Stroke 76% connected

Struck.

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Cannon 74% connected

of Cannon

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Cannon 74% connected

of Cannon

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Recoil 74% connected

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

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Recoil 74% connected

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ricochet 74% connected

A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ricochet 74% connected

A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 2

Billiards 70% connected

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so…

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Pool 70% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

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Cannon 92% connected

of Cannon

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ricochet 92% connected

A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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