Definition of "cue ball" []

• The white ball that is propelled with the cue in billiards and pool. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Finally, in regards to the term snookered, in the billiard world this term is used to describe a situation when a shooter finds the cue ball in a position from which he cannot make a direct hit on the intended object ball; he is snookered, not deceived, just blocked from a direct route to make a legal shot."
• "When he shot, the cue ball curved off his stick, describing a C-shaped curve, and sunk the six ball in the opposite corner."