Pool and billiards glossary of terms starting with the letter C
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Pool and Billiards Glossary: C



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Call Shot - a type of pool game where the player has to the call the object ball to be hit in the specified pocketed. 8 ball is an example of a call shot pool game.

Called Ball - the object ball called by the player in a call shot pool game

Carom - when the cue ball bounces off an object ball into another.

Carom Scoring - a type of point scoring according to which when the cue ball hits both balls on the table is considered a legal score.

Center Spot - the accurate center of the pool table playing surface.

Chalk - the powder applied on the tip of the cue stick to prevent it from slipping when contacts with the cue ball

Combination - a shot in which the cue ball hits another ball, which pockets one or more balls.

Corner Hooked - same as Angled

Cross Corner - a bank shot which rebounds from rebound from a cushion into a corner pocket.

Cross Side - a bank shot that rebounds from a cushion into a side pocket.

Cue or Cue Stick - normally a wooden stick covered with leather between 45 inch to 50 inch long used to shoot the billiard balls.

Cue Ball - is the white, unnumbered ball, which is always shot by the cue during pool games

Cushion - the bumpers placed inside the rails of the pockets in the billiard tables.

Cut Shot - when the cue ball hits the object ball to one side or the other of full center and driving it into a different direction than the original cue ball path.





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