half-ball
noun
- a contact in billiards, etc, in which the player aims through the centre of the cue ball to the edge of the object ball, so that half the object ball is covered
- (as modifier)a half-ball stroke
Words nearby half-ball
half-arsed,
half-asleep,
half-assed,
half-awake,
half-baked,
half-ball,
half-binding,
half-blind,
half-blind joint,
half-blood,
half-blooded
Example sentences from the Web for half-ball
The planet's surface became a half-ball, of which a part lay in darkness.
Talents, Incorporated |William Fitzgerald JenkinsIt looks like a half-ball of silver; this appearance is due to a quantity of air.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children |W. Houghton