: the ball a player strikes with the cue in billiards and pool
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Similar to pool, snooker is played by striking the cue ball to pot other balls in a correct sequence, according to the BBC.—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026 Its gated shifter, topped with a solid metal cue ball right out of a high school machine shop, feels perfect.—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2025 After his matches, Gorst signed cue balls and other memorabilia and took selfies with fans.—Jeremy Herb, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025 Going back to the billiard ball analogy, imagine replacing the billiard balls with bowling balls and the cue ball with a ping-pong ball.—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cue ball