Pool player’s dictionary.
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That is Basing the Goose or Stuffing the Turkey
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Dime = $1,000
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
Fram or framed it = to jar the ball
Jelly = a paid portion of winnings for steering towards winning action
Dead Man = swears he can play, robs everyone when no ones looking but wont play inna $2 ring game
211 = robbery in progress...:grin:
Al Bundy = salesman or a consumate sell out. The guy you wanna follow inna 4 handed game
Jelly = a paid portion of winnings for steering towards winning action
Dead Man = swears he can play, robs everyone when no ones looking but wont play inna $2 ring game
211 = robbery in progress...:grin:
Al Bundy = salesman or a consumate sell out. The guy you wanna follow inna 4 handed game
Nickle = $500
a Nit-- is a person that shows a very low level of gamble,this term can vary due to the people involved.Someone who plays $1000 sets might call a $20 per game player a nit.A $20 per game player might call a $2 per game player a nit.Someone who is very tight with the money is considered a nit." Good luck hustling this guy,he's a nit."
Pro player--someone who makes most or all his money from pool has got to be considered a Pro player. Many Pro players don't ever enter tournaments, just gamble.
Thrown in the river means: When you are backing a player,or betting on him,he intentionally loses to profit on the other side.You just got "thrown in the river."
mo'words
sell-out: in a ring game this is the player who shot and missed immediately before the person who won the game. The player who, "sold-out," usually has to rack the next game. At times, if the same player sells-out too often, a demand is made to shake the pills or roll the pills to change the rotation of the shooters.
sell-out: in a ring game this is the player who shot and missed immediately before the person who won the game. The player who, "sold-out," usually has to rack the next game. At times, if the same player sells-out too often, a demand is made to shake the pills or roll the pills to change the rotation of the shooters.
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Bullet
I know you high rollers don't ever refer to single dollars bills, but a $1 bill is a "bullet".
If you use a word in context then you own it (I was taught this in 2nd grade by Miss Racz), so here's an example:
Give me a couple of bullets to stuff down that strippers top.
Thanks
Kevin
PS: Pooching a shot is dogging it, dogging it is either missing it or not getting shape.
"On the lemon" or "playing on the lemon" is intentionally playing poorly to entice betting. My entire pool career has been playing on the lemon setting up the one big kill. (Whoops I see Troy had that one).
What about "work" ? Which is some type of secret agreement between competitors, generally to defraud backers or rail birds.
How about "Getting Cretined" which is where you make the absolutely right move according to all odds but your opponent gets lucky, beats the odds, and you. You were cretined when your fool opponent flew at the 9 ball and slopped it in.
Here's one that won't make the books "The Hawk's Kiss" named for a 3 cushion situation made famous by Bill Hawkins (RIP Hawk). According to legend, Hawkins was playing a 3 cushion billiard shot and his cue ball and one of the object balls were both on a collision course for the other object ball. Hawkins as was his habit, had run around the table after hitting the shot (all the time stroking his cue through his hands like the maniac he was), so he could be hover over the spot where the billiard was to be made (if any of you have seen this move it was CLASSIC), it was a dramatic moment of whether the cue ball would reach the object ball first and make a point or be just kissed out by the moving object ball, all three balls in the same zone, when it became clear to Hawk that he was going to be kissed out. Hawk reached down, grabbed the offendingly moving object ball, fouling and allowing the billiard to be made, and promptly popped himself in the forehead with the ball, knocking himself flat out. Forever more, a kiss out in 3 cushion that occurs just the instant before the billiard would have been made is "The Hawk's Kiss".
I won't dignify this discussion with an explaination of "Brewer's Kiss" although I do want to be clear that it is an intentional play in Snooker Table Golf. I swear, intentional.
I know you high rollers don't ever refer to single dollars bills, but a $1 bill is a "bullet".
If you use a word in context then you own it (I was taught this in 2nd grade by Miss Racz), so here's an example:
Give me a couple of bullets to stuff down that strippers top.
Thanks
Kevin
PS: Pooching a shot is dogging it, dogging it is either missing it or not getting shape.
"On the lemon" or "playing on the lemon" is intentionally playing poorly to entice betting. My entire pool career has been playing on the lemon setting up the one big kill. (Whoops I see Troy had that one).
What about "work" ? Which is some type of secret agreement between competitors, generally to defraud backers or rail birds.
How about "Getting Cretined" which is where you make the absolutely right move according to all odds but your opponent gets lucky, beats the odds, and you. You were cretined when your fool opponent flew at the 9 ball and slopped it in.
Here's one that won't make the books "The Hawk's Kiss" named for a 3 cushion situation made famous by Bill Hawkins (RIP Hawk). According to legend, Hawkins was playing a 3 cushion billiard shot and his cue ball and one of the object balls were both on a collision course for the other object ball. Hawkins as was his habit, had run around the table after hitting the shot (all the time stroking his cue through his hands like the maniac he was), so he could be hover over the spot where the billiard was to be made (if any of you have seen this move it was CLASSIC), it was a dramatic moment of whether the cue ball would reach the object ball first and make a point or be just kissed out by the moving object ball, all three balls in the same zone, when it became clear to Hawk that he was going to be kissed out. Hawk reached down, grabbed the offendingly moving object ball, fouling and allowing the billiard to be made, and promptly popped himself in the forehead with the ball, knocking himself flat out. Forever more, a kiss out in 3 cushion that occurs just the instant before the billiard would have been made is "The Hawk's Kiss".
I won't dignify this discussion with an explaination of "Brewer's Kiss" although I do want to be clear that it is an intentional play in Snooker Table Golf. I swear, intentional.
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Great stuff, update coming later.
I will try to present alternate definitions and regional terms such as "Nina Ross" as needed. Corrections are appreciated. As you can see I am trying to keep it short and sweet.
It wil be cleaned up so you can give a copy to your spouse and she too will know what you are talking about.
I will try to present alternate definitions and regional terms such as "Nina Ross" as needed. Corrections are appreciated. As you can see I am trying to keep it short and sweet.
It wil be cleaned up so you can give a copy to your spouse and she too will know what you are talking about.
George
"It's George" - hustler or Carney talk for its a good set up, the coast is clear or everything is OK.
This second may be regional and maybe off-color, but do you guys know the term "The Pink" or "Pinky" as in:
Yeah, he showed up last night but he had Pinky with him.
Thanks
Kevin
"It's George" - hustler or Carney talk for its a good set up, the coast is clear or everything is OK.
This second may be regional and maybe off-color, but do you guys know the term "The Pink" or "Pinky" as in:
Yeah, he showed up last night but he had Pinky with him.
Thanks
Kevin
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Need a definition of Pinky and I will include.
Here is the latest update. I will correct as needed and try to get all opinions as needed that is why there are some "alternate" definitions. If you think its wrong tell me and I will try to fix. Suggestions are helpful.
An American Pool Player’s Dictionary
Written by the AZB Forum members (link here)
211: robbery in progress (a player is currently winning all of some ones’ money)
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.
7 and out: an advantage to one player, a handicap (spot) where the player getting the spot has to legally make the 7 ball to win the game in a game such as 9-Ball or 10-Ball. Can be used as 6 and out or any similar spot.
9 Footer: regulation pool table.
Air Ball: total miss of the intended ball that hits nothing.
Air barrel: To gamble without the funds to pay one's debts.
Al Bundy: Person who tends to miss and leave easy shots. The person you want to follow in a ring game.
Backer: The person who puts up the money for another person who is gambling. Sometimes known as the stake horse or horse as in “paying the horse.”
Ball Banger or Banger: Someone who can't play or just bangs balls. Sometimes refers to a player who shoots very hard.
Bar Box: A seven foot coin operated table usually found in bars.
Basing the Goose or Stuffing the Turkey: Allowing your losing opponent to win back a little money so they will come back tomorrow.
Bullets or Barrels: $1.00 or the amount of money you will bet on a game or match.
C-Note: $100.00
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. May have originated from the game of 9-Ball where the yellow 9-ball is the game winning ball.
Chicken bone: caught in the throat see “dog it.”
Chop the pot: 1st and 2nd split the tournament instead of playing finals.
Coma: Playing slow to get the other player out of rhythm.
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, pearl
Dead Man: Swears he can play, robs everyone when no one is looking but will not play in a $2 ring game
Dead punch: player is at the top of their game.
Dead stroke: the player is in top form and seldom misses.
Dime: $1,000.00
Dog it: to miss an easy shot because of nerves.
Double Cheese: see on the hill
Drag your feet: Yelling at the CB to slow down if it seems to be heading for a scratch
Draw: suck, low, bottom: striking the cue ball on the lower half so it stops the cue ball or rolls back toward the shooter
Duck: an easy shot such as a ball hanging over the pocket.
Duck: to duck a shot is to play safe.
Dump: purposely lose a game.
Field Goal: When a player tries to play a safety behind two balls but leaves a straight shot right between them, or if the player happens to get a shot between two balls.
Fin: $5.00
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.
Fram: or framed it: to jar the ball or leave it on the edge of the pocket
Free Wheeling: Shooting fast and without concern, yet making every ball.
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.
Green Card: the wild six ball in a game of 9-Ball or 10-Ball.
Hawk's Kiss: Named for a 3 cushion situation made famous by Bill Hawkins. According to legend, Hawkins was playing a 3 cushion billiard shot and his cue ball and one of the object balls were both on a collision course for the other object ball. Hawkins as was his habit, had run around the table after hitting the shot so he could hover over the spot where the billiard was to be made. It was a dramatic moment of whether the cue ball would reach the object ball first and make a point or be just kissed out by the moving object ball, all three balls in the same zone, when it became clear to Hawk that he was going to be kissed out. Hawk reached down, grabbed the offending moving object ball, fouling and allowing the billiard to be made, and promptly popped himself in the forehead with the ball, knocking himself out.
Helen Keller: Easy out
He's got NO shot!: referring to a player not having ANY chance of winning.
Hustler: See Road Player.
It's George: Hustler or Carney talk for its a good set up, the coast is clear or everything is OK.
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.
Jelly: A paid portion of winnings for steering towards winning action.
Juice the Horse: Pay the backer
Knock: To rat out some one’s true ability or speed known as a knocker.
Lamb Killer: A player who only goes after easy wins.
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.
Miscue: when the cue tip unintentionally slides of the side of the cue
Money Ball: the ball needed to win the game. In a game of 9-Ball the nine is the money ball.
Mudball: old heavy cue balls often used on the older bar box or 7 foot table.
Nickel: $500.00
Nina Ross: The 9 ball , probably east coast NY NJ
Nit: A person who talks but does not step up to gamble. Also used as an adjective – nitty. Alternate definition is a person who gambles at a lower level than the person talking. A $1,000.00 a set gambler thinks a $$5.00 a set gamble is a nit.
Nuts (the): An easy win.
On the Hill: The last game before the game that wins the match. In a race to five if the score is 4-4 both players are on the hill or it is often said to be hill-hill or double cheese.
On the lemon or playing on the lemon: Intentionally playing poorly to entice betting.
One Hole: The game of One Pocket
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.
Pool Detective: someone who is always looking for the 411 (information) on the road players to expose the road player to the locals in order to get some kind of approval from them.
Pooching a shot: missing the shot it or not getting shape on the next shot. See dog it.
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.
Sawbuck: $10.00
Scotch Doubles: Usually a game of 8-Ball with two teams of two players each. Teammates alternate shooting after each ball is made.
Sell-out: in a ring game this is the player who shot and missed immediately before the person who won the game. At times, if the same player sells-out too often, a demand is made to shake the pills or roll the pills to change the rotation of the shooters.
Set: See match. The number of games included in a competition.
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.
Side action: Spectators gambling between themselves. The player may also gamble with a spectator in addition to the bet with his opponent.
Slop: to unintentionally make a ball.
Slot Position: When you need to shoot between two balls.
Snap: the break shot such as on the snap he made two balls.
Sold the farm: Left and easy run out for one’s opponent. Also known as sell out.
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
Stake Horse: see Backer
Sweating a game or match: (noun) To watch the game or match.
Sweating: (verb) to gamble on the side during a match.
Thrown in the river: When a gambler is backing a player, or betting on a player, and the player intentionally loses to profit from the loss.
Top: running, high English or striking the cue ball on the upper half so it moves forward after hitting the object ball
Tushhog: Something like a bodyguard, the guy who has the player’s back. Alternate meaning is a big guy who might cause trouble and keep the player from getting out of the establishment with the money.
Tweener: when the cue ball position obtained is between two potential object balls
Undercover: see road player.
Walked: Not paid
Walking Stick: Giving your losing opponent some money after you have busted them. As in “I gave the guy a walking stick.”
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.
Work: A secret agreement between competitors, generally to defraud backers or rail birds
Yard: A $100.00
Zone: a semi trance like state in which the player loses awareness of everything but the table and making the balls. Referred to as “in the zone.”
For more general terms used throughout the cue sports
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms
Here is the latest update. I will correct as needed and try to get all opinions as needed that is why there are some "alternate" definitions. If you think its wrong tell me and I will try to fix. Suggestions are helpful.
An American Pool Player’s Dictionary
Written by the AZB Forum members (link here)
211: robbery in progress (a player is currently winning all of some ones’ money)
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.
7 and out: an advantage to one player, a handicap (spot) where the player getting the spot has to legally make the 7 ball to win the game in a game such as 9-Ball or 10-Ball. Can be used as 6 and out or any similar spot.
9 Footer: regulation pool table.
Air Ball: total miss of the intended ball that hits nothing.
Air barrel: To gamble without the funds to pay one's debts.
Al Bundy: Person who tends to miss and leave easy shots. The person you want to follow in a ring game.
Backer: The person who puts up the money for another person who is gambling. Sometimes known as the stake horse or horse as in “paying the horse.”
Ball Banger or Banger: Someone who can't play or just bangs balls. Sometimes refers to a player who shoots very hard.
Bar Box: A seven foot coin operated table usually found in bars.
Basing the Goose or Stuffing the Turkey: Allowing your losing opponent to win back a little money so they will come back tomorrow.
Bullets or Barrels: $1.00 or the amount of money you will bet on a game or match.
C-Note: $100.00
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. May have originated from the game of 9-Ball where the yellow 9-ball is the game winning ball.
Chicken bone: caught in the throat see “dog it.”
Chop the pot: 1st and 2nd split the tournament instead of playing finals.
Coma: Playing slow to get the other player out of rhythm.
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, pearl
Dead Man: Swears he can play, robs everyone when no one is looking but will not play in a $2 ring game
Dead punch: player is at the top of their game.
Dead stroke: the player is in top form and seldom misses.
Dime: $1,000.00
Dog it: to miss an easy shot because of nerves.
Double Cheese: see on the hill
Drag your feet: Yelling at the CB to slow down if it seems to be heading for a scratch
Draw: suck, low, bottom: striking the cue ball on the lower half so it stops the cue ball or rolls back toward the shooter
Duck: an easy shot such as a ball hanging over the pocket.
Duck: to duck a shot is to play safe.
Dump: purposely lose a game.
Field Goal: When a player tries to play a safety behind two balls but leaves a straight shot right between them, or if the player happens to get a shot between two balls.
Fin: $5.00
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.
Fram: or framed it: to jar the ball or leave it on the edge of the pocket
Free Wheeling: Shooting fast and without concern, yet making every ball.
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.
Green Card: the wild six ball in a game of 9-Ball or 10-Ball.
Hawk's Kiss: Named for a 3 cushion situation made famous by Bill Hawkins. According to legend, Hawkins was playing a 3 cushion billiard shot and his cue ball and one of the object balls were both on a collision course for the other object ball. Hawkins as was his habit, had run around the table after hitting the shot so he could hover over the spot where the billiard was to be made. It was a dramatic moment of whether the cue ball would reach the object ball first and make a point or be just kissed out by the moving object ball, all three balls in the same zone, when it became clear to Hawk that he was going to be kissed out. Hawk reached down, grabbed the offending moving object ball, fouling and allowing the billiard to be made, and promptly popped himself in the forehead with the ball, knocking himself out.
Helen Keller: Easy out
He's got NO shot!: referring to a player not having ANY chance of winning.
Hustler: See Road Player.
It's George: Hustler or Carney talk for its a good set up, the coast is clear or everything is OK.
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.
Jelly: A paid portion of winnings for steering towards winning action.
Juice the Horse: Pay the backer
Knock: To rat out some one’s true ability or speed known as a knocker.
Lamb Killer: A player who only goes after easy wins.
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.
Miscue: when the cue tip unintentionally slides of the side of the cue
Money Ball: the ball needed to win the game. In a game of 9-Ball the nine is the money ball.
Mudball: old heavy cue balls often used on the older bar box or 7 foot table.
Nickel: $500.00
Nina Ross: The 9 ball , probably east coast NY NJ
Nit: A person who talks but does not step up to gamble. Also used as an adjective – nitty. Alternate definition is a person who gambles at a lower level than the person talking. A $1,000.00 a set gambler thinks a $$5.00 a set gamble is a nit.
Nuts (the): An easy win.
On the Hill: The last game before the game that wins the match. In a race to five if the score is 4-4 both players are on the hill or it is often said to be hill-hill or double cheese.
On the lemon or playing on the lemon: Intentionally playing poorly to entice betting.
One Hole: The game of One Pocket
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.
Pool Detective: someone who is always looking for the 411 (information) on the road players to expose the road player to the locals in order to get some kind of approval from them.
Pooching a shot: missing the shot it or not getting shape on the next shot. See dog it.
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.
Sawbuck: $10.00
Scotch Doubles: Usually a game of 8-Ball with two teams of two players each. Teammates alternate shooting after each ball is made.
Sell-out: in a ring game this is the player who shot and missed immediately before the person who won the game. At times, if the same player sells-out too often, a demand is made to shake the pills or roll the pills to change the rotation of the shooters.
Set: See match. The number of games included in a competition.
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.
Side action: Spectators gambling between themselves. The player may also gamble with a spectator in addition to the bet with his opponent.
Slop: to unintentionally make a ball.
Slot Position: When you need to shoot between two balls.
Snap: the break shot such as on the snap he made two balls.
Sold the farm: Left and easy run out for one’s opponent. Also known as sell out.
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
Stake Horse: see Backer
Sweating a game or match: (noun) To watch the game or match.
Sweating: (verb) to gamble on the side during a match.
Thrown in the river: When a gambler is backing a player, or betting on a player, and the player intentionally loses to profit from the loss.
Top: running, high English or striking the cue ball on the upper half so it moves forward after hitting the object ball
Tushhog: Something like a bodyguard, the guy who has the player’s back. Alternate meaning is a big guy who might cause trouble and keep the player from getting out of the establishment with the money.
Tweener: when the cue ball position obtained is between two potential object balls
Undercover: see road player.
Walked: Not paid
Walking Stick: Giving your losing opponent some money after you have busted them. As in “I gave the guy a walking stick.”
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.
Work: A secret agreement between competitors, generally to defraud backers or rail birds
Yard: A $100.00
Zone: a semi trance like state in which the player loses awareness of everything but the table and making the balls. Referred to as “in the zone.”
For more general terms used throughout the cue sports
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms
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Define ???
I won't but here's another context:
You are gambling in your favorite pool room when your wife or girlfriend calls and asks the counterman if you are there. The counterman, being a George guy, tells her, "I'll check", puts his hand over the mouthpiece, motions to you and says "It's Pinky".
Hey I've always heard "cheese" being interchangeable with cash. The reason the 9 ball is the cheese is because of the cash being on it. I believe Keith's immortal 2nd line (after the nightmare movie bit) was to walk up to his losing opponent or his backer with his hand out and announce "Cheese Please" with that Keither grin on his face. He wasn't asking for the guy to hand him the 9 ball. "Chokes for the cheese" is playing poorly for the money.
Thanks
Kevin
I won't but here's another context:
You are gambling in your favorite pool room when your wife or girlfriend calls and asks the counterman if you are there. The counterman, being a George guy, tells her, "I'll check", puts his hand over the mouthpiece, motions to you and says "It's Pinky".
Hey I've always heard "cheese" being interchangeable with cash. The reason the 9 ball is the cheese is because of the cash being on it. I believe Keith's immortal 2nd line (after the nightmare movie bit) was to walk up to his losing opponent or his backer with his hand out and announce "Cheese Please" with that Keither grin on his face. He wasn't asking for the guy to hand him the 9 ball. "Chokes for the cheese" is playing poorly for the money.
Thanks
Kevin
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Tipping the Hat--Blowing your cover went hustling.
Citizen-- any non player or banger who is a potential hustle.
Throwing Off-- losing on propose
Sorry but I am sure I know many more terms I can't think of right now. But if the situation arises I use those terms automatic.
Citizen-- any non player or banger who is a potential hustle.
Throwing Off-- losing on propose
Sorry but I am sure I know many more terms I can't think of right now. But if the situation arises I use those terms automatic.