eight ball

noun

plural eight balls

1

: a black pool ball numbered 8

2

: misfit

3

: an eighth of an ounce of a drug (such as cocaine)

an eight ball of coke

Phrases

behind the eight ball

: in a highly disadvantageous position

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for eight ball

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale