cue ball
billiards
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billiards
Billiard balls on a table.
In billiards and pool, the cue ball is the ball that a player strikes with a cue stick. The objective is to use the cue ball to hit other balls on the table.1
In carom billiards, a game played on a pocketless table, players use a cue ball to strike two other object balls. A point is scored for each successful carom. In straight-rail billiards, a similar pocketless game, the goal is also to hit both object balls with the cue ball.23
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