billiard ball

one of the balls used in the game of billiards.

Origin of billiard ball

First recorded in 1630–40

If the ball is not produced, the above forms an excellent final vanish to any billiard-ball trick.

Magic |Ellis Stanyon
Now imagine each of these billiard-ball atoms further magnified to the size of a large church.

Meteorology |Charles Fitzhugh Talman
The hands should rebound from the chest like a billiard-ball from a cushion.

Boating |W. B. Woodgate
The impulse of one billiard-ball is attended with motion in the second.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding |David Hume

A certain amount of "screw" is as necessary for a man as for a billiard-ball.

The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition |Rudyard Kipling