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  • noun A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets.
  • noun The billards ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight.
  • noun slang A portion of cocaine or methamphetamine weighing 1/8 of an ounce, or 3.5 grams.
  • verb pool To pot all one's colour balls and then the black ball (or eight-ball) without the opponent potting a single one.

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