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visit: same as “inning.” VNEA: Valley National Eight-ball Association pool league and tournament organization. wagon wheel drill: position control drill where you try to send the cue ball in a wide range of directions off the same shot (like spokes radiating out from the hub of a wheel). walking stick: a handout to a gambling opponent that has been busted (e.g., so they can walk their injured self home). wall: see “pocket walls.” warm-up strokes: back and forth motion of the cue used to prepare for the final forward stroke. weight: a handicap one player gives another in a money game. went off X: lost X amount during gambling (often as a “pigeon”). whale: a really big “fish.” whip shot: same as “fouetté shot” whippy: describes a shaft that is slender and not very stiff. wire: string or metal wire above the table with beads or balls for keeping score. whitey: the cue ball. wild X: a ball allowed or pocketed without calling it. wing balls: the two balls adjacent to the 9-ball (towards the side rails) in a 9-ball rack. wing shot: a “trick” shot where you roll the object ball and hit it into a pocket while it is moving (“on the fly”) wired: same as “dead.” whistle blower: a person that alerts the locals that a good player or hustler is in town looking for action. whitey: slang term for “cue ball.” wild ball: an additional “money ball” given as “weight” to a player in a gambling match (e.g., if you give your opponent the 8 in a game of 9 ball, your opponent wins if he or she pockets either the 8 or 9). window: gap between two obstacle balls just large enough for the cue ball to pass. winning hazard: English billiards terms for pocketing a ball with the cue ball. wipe its feet: when a ball brushes against the jaws of a pocket on its way in, because it wasn’t hit dead center. wire: string hanging above a table with sliding buttons for keeping score. wired: same as “dead.” wood: slang for “cue.”
woofing: “barking” at or challenging a player, sometimes to gamble, but often as a “nit.” World Standardized Rules: The worldwide official rules of pocket billiards games, developed and maintained by the WPA. WPA: World Pool-Billiards Association. WPBA: Women's Professional Billiards Association. wrap: a covering on part of the butt to make the grip more comfortable or effective. WSR: World Standardized Rules. yips: jerkiness or technique flaws, usually caused by nervous tension. zone: state in which a player is not distracted by anything and plays top-level pool (e.g., “He’s in the zone.”)
Page 1 and 2: Glossary of Pool and Billiards Term
Page 3 and 4: angle of reflection: same as “reb
Page 5 and 6: illiard shot: a shot where the cue
Page 7 and 8: chalk: the dry, abrasive substance
Page 9 and 10: cue ball: the white ball struck by
Page 11 and 12: down table: towards the foot rail.
Page 13 and 14: fast cloth: cloth with very low rol
Page 15 and 16: glove: slick fabric covering the ha
Page 17 and 18: iggy: an ignorant gambler. inlay: d
Page 19 and 20: knock: when a player declines a mon
Page 21 and 22: massé shot: a shot where the cue b
Page 23 and 24: OB: object ball. object ball: the b
Page 25 and 26: pinky: slang for a male players wif
Page 27 and 28: Pyramid of Progress: the term I use
Page 29 and 30: otation: a game where all 15 balls
Page 31 and 32: sidespin: clockwise or counterclock
Page 33 and 34: spot a ball: place an illegally sun
Page 35 and 36: table lengths: a measure of a shot
Page 37: turn: a player’s stay (“inning

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