billiard

noun

bil·​liard ˈbi(l)-yərd How to pronounce billiard (audio)
used as an attributive form of billiards
a billiard ball

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Just about every character in the movie is undergoing some sort of an identity crisis, yet rather than making the picture feel 'dark,' these various schizoid headcases bounce off each other like brightly colored billiard balls. Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 June 2025 At a microscopic level, the gas is composed of individual molecules that act like billiard balls, moving through space according to Isaac Newton’s 350-year-old laws of motion. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2025 Newton’s laws of motion, which describe the elastic impacts of billiard balls, do not depend on the direction of time. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 4 June 2025 And, of course, there was one press conference where Wheeler brought in a professional regurgitator to predict the winner by spitting up billiard balls. Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for billiard

Word History

First Known Use

1580, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of billiard was in 1580

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“Billiard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billiard. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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