Dictionary  eight•ballPronunciation: (āt'bôl"), [key] —n. 1. Pool. a. a black ball bearing the number eight. b. a game in which one player or side must pocket all of either the solid-color balls or the striped ones before being permitted to attempt the pocketing of the eightball, which wins. 2. Slang.an inept person. 3. behind the eightball, Informal.in a difficult, disadvantageous, or uncomfortable situation: He hasn't studied all term, and now he's behind the eightball. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
|
Atlas
Encyclopedia
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Day in History
