noun
billiards
BIH-leerdz
noun
1
A cue sport played on a table with balls that are struck to score points, in various forms such as pool and snooker.
"They spent the evening playing billiards at the pub."
How to Use Billiards
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA tabletop game played by hitting balls with a cue.
Common pairings
play billiards
a game of billiards
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Etymology
From French billard, from Old French bille ("log, tree trunk"), naming the cue used to strike the balls.