One term used by everyone I have with played with, but which I never heard on any commentary or seen this board:
Sewer = Scratch
Sewer = Scratch
Pool player’s dictionary.
- Thread starter JoeW
- Start date
I agree, hopefully everyone can chime in and EDIT the WIKI page. It's easy to do and I opened it up to the public so you don't have to sign-in or anything.
For CHOP i'd say SEE SPLIT (SPLITTING).
I'll look at your list here and see what I'm missing.
Oldie but goodie !
Jail = someone locking u up on a safety where it doesn't look like you'll be able to make a good hit..also u can do it to yourself trying to get on shape on next ball.
lemon..or laying a lemon = putting on a phoney match to hide speed with potential betters
Jail = someone locking u up on a safety where it doesn't look like you'll be able to make a good hit..also u can do it to yourself trying to get on shape on next ball.
lemon..or laying a lemon = putting on a phoney match to hide speed with potential betters
Last edited:
7 and out: - the recipient has the 7 through 9 in 9B, or 7-10 in 10B as spots to win. This means they have 3 money balls in 9B and 4 money balls in 10B...pretty hefty spot.
Wild 8: - recipient can make the "wild" or "slop" 8 in 9B or 10B...meaning they do not have to call it.
Ring Game: - is usually 9B or 10B.
Kudos to you for doing this!
Wild 8: - recipient can make the "wild" or "slop" 8 in 9B or 10B...meaning they do not have to call it.
Ring Game: - is usually 9B or 10B.
Kudos to you for doing this!
corporation = when people pool their money together to stake or buy player/players in calcutta
Here are some local ones I heard in the now-closed USA Billiards in Laurel, MD (East Cost, LOL)
drag your feet! - yelling at the CB to slow down if it seems to be heading for a scratch
give him a drink! - saying that to the CB when your opponent is about the scratch, implying the CB is heading for the "well".
he's got NO shot! - referring to a player not having ANY chance of winning.
<insert # here> - pack - started off as six-pack, meaning the player ran 6 racks in a row, but people have since changed it to refer to any number of consecutively run racks (not local)
road agent - very strong player who roams the Earth looking for victims (not local)
undercover - see road agent, or hustler
jam up - someone who shoots a very strong game
nitty - adjective for nit.
drag your feet! - yelling at the CB to slow down if it seems to be heading for a scratch
give him a drink! - saying that to the CB when your opponent is about the scratch, implying the CB is heading for the "well".
he's got NO shot! - referring to a player not having ANY chance of winning.
<insert # here> - pack - started off as six-pack, meaning the player ran 6 racks in a row, but people have since changed it to refer to any number of consecutively run racks (not local)
road agent - very strong player who roams the Earth looking for victims (not local)
undercover - see road agent, or hustler
jam up - someone who shoots a very strong game
nitty - adjective for nit.
Dead punch = players is playing lights out
Mudball = old heavy cueballs back in the day on barboxes
Getting in the grease = getting into action
Rolling the pineapple = rolling da cheese = rolling da money ball
Whale = somebody with lots of money & known to go off..is used in all gambling worlds tho..not just pool
Mudball = old heavy cueballs back in the day on barboxes
Getting in the grease = getting into action
Rolling the pineapple = rolling da cheese = rolling da money ball
Whale = somebody with lots of money & known to go off..is used in all gambling worlds tho..not just pool
Last edited:
Air Ball-- total miss of the intended ball that hits nothing.
Ball Banger or Banger-- Someone who can't play or just bangs balls. Sometimes meaning a player who shoots very hard.
Chop the Pot-- 1st and 2nd split the tournament instead of playing finals.
Helen Keller-- Easy out
Juice the Horse-- Pay the backer
Played in the Middle-- Two players take the money of a third person
Walked-- Not paid
I will think of more later.
Ball Banger or Banger-- Someone who can't play or just bangs balls. Sometimes meaning a player who shoots very hard.
Chop the Pot-- 1st and 2nd split the tournament instead of playing finals.
Helen Keller-- Easy out
Juice the Horse-- Pay the backer
Played in the Middle-- Two players take the money of a third person
Walked-- Not paid
I will think of more later.
Last edited:
What does that mean? I have never heard of it, but then there are lots of things I have never heard.
I've always heard 7 out and 7 and out to mean the same thing. Winning by making the 7 or 8. Not real common, more so is the 6 out, winning by making the 6 and/or any ball above the 6. Can be further handicapped including or excluding combinations or kiss shots.
This is getting to be really good. Thanks for all the new terms.
Pool player’s dictionary.
6 pack - started off as six-pack, meaning the player ran 6 racks in a row, but people have since changed it to refer to any number of consecutively run racks (not local)
7 and out: as a handicap or advantage to one player, a handicap (spot) where the player getting the spot has the 7 ball and any higher numbered balls left on the table after the break and through the course of the game as money balls
7 and out: alternate definition is to make seven balls and run out or win the game. In 9-ball the player runs the last seven balls to win the game. An alternate definition is to win 7 games in a row and thereby win the match
Air Ball: total miss of the intended ball that hits nothing.
Air barrel: To gamble without the funds to pay one's debts.
Backer: The person who puts up the money for another person who is gambling.
Ball Banger or Banger: Someone who can't play or just bangs balls. Sometimes meaning a player who shoots very hard.
Bar Box: A seven foot coin operated table usually found in bars.
Calcutta A player auction held before a tournament. The money in the Calcutta pool goes to the person who “bought” the winning player. Usually the player has the right to put up 50% of the auction price and thus claim 50% of the pool if the money is posted before the tournament begins.
Called 5: If players agree that one player only has to make the balls through the 5-ball, the called five means that one must call this shot before it is made.
Cheese (the): See Money Ball. The ball that wins the game and thus is the ball for which one is paid.
Chicken bone: caught in the throat see “dog it.”
Chop the pot: 1st and 2nd split the tournament instead of playing finals.
Corporation: A group of players pooling their money to buy a player in a Calcutta.
Cosmo: an easy lay out, stop-stop-stop, stop.
Counterman: The person who hands out the balls and keep track of time and collects the fees for playing in a pool hall. Often this person acts as a go between to set up gambling matches.
Cue Ball: The Rock, Whitey, Snow
Dead punch: players is at the top of their game.
Dog it: to miss an easy shot because of nerves.
Drag your feet: Yelling at the CB to slow down if it seems to be heading for a scratch
Duck: an easy shot. To Duck: to play safe .
Dump: purposely lose a game.
Fish: a sucker who doesn’t know his money is being stolen because of the superior skills of the opponent.
Foul: To break a rule and lose one’s turn at the table. Most fouls are unintentional. At times the player may take an intentional foul.
Getting in the grease: getting into action
Give him a drink!: Saying that to the CB when your opponent is about the scratch, implying the CB is heading for the pocket.
Helen Keller: Easy out
He's got NO shot!: referring to a player not having ANY chance of winning.
Hustler: See Road Player.
Jail: to be left without a shot. Leaving the cue ball in such a way that the player cannot make a legal shot. The player may miss his intended position and place himself in jail or he may intentionally attempt to place the other player in jail.
jam up: someone who shoots a very strong game
Jarred: Incapacitated with a mickey finn, or something similar added to the drink.
Juice the Horse: Pay the backer
Lock (a): A game or match the player can not lose.
Match: The number of games decided by the players or the tournament director that are needed to win an event.
Money Ball: the ball needed to win the game. In a game of 9-Ball the nine is the money ball.
Mudball: old heavy cueballs oftenused on the older bar box or 7 foot table.
Nit: A person who talks but does not step up to gamble. Also used as an adjective -- nitty
Nuts (the): An easy win.
Off the wall: A house cue stick.
On the wire: Originally the wire is the score keeping beads over the table. Now means the number of games or advantage given to one player. Three on the wire is a three game advantage.
Orange Crush: The 5-ball and the break. Player gets to break on every game (the crush). If you make the five on a legal shot you win the game of 9-Ball or 10-ball.
Phd: A Pool Hall Degree.
Pigeon: same as fish but he knows his opponents speed, usually the same player all the time, but will play and lose his money anyway.
Played in the Middle: Two players take the money of a third person
Player: A person who gambles.
Playing lights out: Player is at the top of their game.
Post (Posting Up) - At the beginning of a money match the amount of money bet is placed with a 3rd party or on top of the light.
Professional: A person who enters high level tournaments and has won at least a few professional tournaments.
Race to X: the first player to win X games wins the match.
Railbird: Person who is watching the game.
Ring Game: A game with several players at one table, usually 9-Ball or 10-Ball.
Road Player or Road Agent: A person who may be a shortstop or a professional level player and travels to gamble. They may or may not be a shark.
Rolling the pineapple: rolling da cheese or rolling da money ball.
Scotch Doubles: Usually a game of 8-Ball with two teams of two players each. Teammates alternate shooting after each ball is made.
Sewer: to scratch or to place the cue ball in a pocket.
Shark: A player who looks for fish with whom to gamble and usually disguises his true ability.
Shortstop: A player who is nearly as good as a professional player.
Slop: to unintentionally make a ball
Speed: A player’s ability.
Split Pot: Two players divide the winnings for 1st and 2nd place evenly.
Spot: One player gives another player an advantage such as the 7-Ball in a 9-ball game. The 7-Ball is the winning ball or money ball for that player. There may be other conditions
Sweating a game or match: To watch the game or match.
Thrown in the river:
Tushhog: Something like a bodyguard, the guy who has the player’s back. Alternate meaning is a big guy that might cause trouble and keep the player from getting out of the establishment with the money.
undercover - see road player.
Walked: Not paid
Well: the pocket.
Weight: A handicap given to another player
Whale: somebody with lots of money.
Wild X: The x ball is wild or treated like the 9-Ball is a 9-ball game. If you make it on the break, a combination, kiss or with slop it is a win.
Woofing: barking at or challenging another player.
Pool player’s dictionary.
6 pack - started off as six-pack, meaning the player ran 6 racks in a row, but people have since changed it to refer to any number of consecutively run racks (not local)
7 and out: as a handicap or advantage to one player, a handicap (spot) where the player getting the spot has the 7 ball and any higher numbered balls left on the table after the break and through the course of the game as money balls
7 and out: alternate definition is to make seven balls and run out or win the game. In 9-ball the player runs the last seven balls to win the game. An alternate definition is to win 7 games in a row and thereby win the match
Air Ball: total miss of the intended ball that hits nothing.
Air barrel: To gamble without the funds to pay one's debts.
Backer: The person who puts up the money for another person who is gambling.
Ball Banger or Banger: Someone who can't play or just bangs balls. Sometimes meaning a player who shoots very hard.
Bar Box: A seven foot coin operated table usually found in bars.
Calcutta A player auction held before a tournament. The money in the Calcutta pool goes to the person who “bought” the winning player. Usually the player has the right to put up 50% of the auction price and thus claim 50% of the pool if the money is posted before the tournament begins.
Called 5: If players agree that one player only has to make the balls through the 5-ball, the called five means that one must call this shot before it is made.
Cheese (the): See Money Ball. The ball that wins the game and thus is the ball for which one is paid.
Chicken bone: caught in the throat see “dog it.”
Chop the pot: 1st and 2nd split the tournament instead of playing finals.
Corporation: A group of players pooling their money to buy a player in a Calcutta.
Cosmo: an easy lay out, stop-stop-stop, stop.
Counterman: The person who hands out the balls and keep track of time and collects the fees for playing in a pool hall. Often this person acts as a go between to set up gambling matches.
Cue Ball: The Rock, Whitey, Snow
Dead punch: players is at the top of their game.
Dog it: to miss an easy shot because of nerves.
Drag your feet: Yelling at the CB to slow down if it seems to be heading for a scratch
Duck: an easy shot. To Duck: to play safe .
Dump: purposely lose a game.
Fish: a sucker who doesn’t know his money is being stolen because of the superior skills of the opponent.
Foul: To break a rule and lose one’s turn at the table. Most fouls are unintentional. At times the player may take an intentional foul.
Getting in the grease: getting into action
Give him a drink!: Saying that to the CB when your opponent is about the scratch, implying the CB is heading for the pocket.
Helen Keller: Easy out
He's got NO shot!: referring to a player not having ANY chance of winning.
Hustler: See Road Player.
Jail: to be left without a shot. Leaving the cue ball in such a way that the player cannot make a legal shot. The player may miss his intended position and place himself in jail or he may intentionally attempt to place the other player in jail.
jam up: someone who shoots a very strong game
Jarred: Incapacitated with a mickey finn, or something similar added to the drink.
Juice the Horse: Pay the backer
Lock (a): A game or match the player can not lose.
Match: The number of games decided by the players or the tournament director that are needed to win an event.
Money Ball: the ball needed to win the game. In a game of 9-Ball the nine is the money ball.
Mudball: old heavy cueballs oftenused on the older bar box or 7 foot table.
Nit: A person who talks but does not step up to gamble. Also used as an adjective -- nitty
Nuts (the): An easy win.
Off the wall: A house cue stick.
On the wire: Originally the wire is the score keeping beads over the table. Now means the number of games or advantage given to one player. Three on the wire is a three game advantage.
Orange Crush: The 5-ball and the break. Player gets to break on every game (the crush). If you make the five on a legal shot you win the game of 9-Ball or 10-ball.
Phd: A Pool Hall Degree.
Pigeon: same as fish but he knows his opponents speed, usually the same player all the time, but will play and lose his money anyway.
Played in the Middle: Two players take the money of a third person
Player: A person who gambles.
Playing lights out: Player is at the top of their game.
Post (Posting Up) - At the beginning of a money match the amount of money bet is placed with a 3rd party or on top of the light.
Professional: A person who enters high level tournaments and has won at least a few professional tournaments.
Race to X: the first player to win X games wins the match.
Railbird: Person who is watching the game.
Ring Game: A game with several players at one table, usually 9-Ball or 10-Ball.
Road Player or Road Agent: A person who may be a shortstop or a professional level player and travels to gamble. They may or may not be a shark.
Rolling the pineapple: rolling da cheese or rolling da money ball.
Scotch Doubles: Usually a game of 8-Ball with two teams of two players each. Teammates alternate shooting after each ball is made.
Sewer: to scratch or to place the cue ball in a pocket.
Shark: A player who looks for fish with whom to gamble and usually disguises his true ability.
Shortstop: A player who is nearly as good as a professional player.
Slop: to unintentionally make a ball
Speed: A player’s ability.
Split Pot: Two players divide the winnings for 1st and 2nd place evenly.
Spot: One player gives another player an advantage such as the 7-Ball in a 9-ball game. The 7-Ball is the winning ball or money ball for that player. There may be other conditions
Sweating a game or match: To watch the game or match.
Thrown in the river:
Tushhog: Something like a bodyguard, the guy who has the player’s back. Alternate meaning is a big guy that might cause trouble and keep the player from getting out of the establishment with the money.
undercover - see road player.
Walked: Not paid
Well: the pocket.
Weight: A handicap given to another player
Whale: somebody with lots of money.
Wild X: The x ball is wild or treated like the 9-Ball is a 9-ball game. If you make it on the break, a combination, kiss or with slop it is a win.
Woofing: barking at or challenging another player.
I don't know if this helps at all, but there I found a seemingly comprehensive glossary on Wikipedia:
Glossary of cue sports terms
Enjoy!
Glossary of cue sports terms
Enjoy!
Thanks for the link it sure has a lot more terms than I have listed and I will link to it from my web page. However, after reading through the Wiki I note that there are some terms listed here that are not in the wiki. Just have to see where it goes.
While the wiki defines terms the emphasis here is on the language used by pool players so while there is overlap it is not quite the same.
While the wiki defines terms the emphasis here is on the language used by pool players so while there is overlap it is not quite the same.
Last edited:
That Wiki page was too crazy and filled with many terms that just don't apply or are used any longer.
Here is the Wiki I started: http://azpoolscene.wikispaces.com/Billiard+Terms
If anyone has additional terms or definitions please click on the EDIT button and make the updates. This is a living document and can be used by all.
Here is the Wiki I started: http://azpoolscene.wikispaces.com/Billiard+Terms
If anyone has additional terms or definitions please click on the EDIT button and make the updates. This is a living document and can be used by all.
I am no expert. I thought only the 9 ball was "the cheese" - because it is yellow and resembles a cheese wheel.
Has the 8 or 10 ever been called the cheese, even when they are the money ball?