(1) Any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
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A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.