Billiard Terminology

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Safety - refers to a defensive shot when balls are maneuvered with an intention to leave the opponent with difficult shot or another safety shot.

Scratch - refers to a situation when cue ball leaves the playing surface of the during a shot.

Scratch Shot - refers to a shot when cue ball is likely to scratch.

Short - refers to a bank shot that misses on the near side of the pocket.

Shotmaker - refers to a billiard player capable of making shots beyond playing positions.

Side Rails - refers to the longer rails of a billiard table.

Slate - refers to the huge piece of flat rocks put together that make up the playing surface of a billiard table.

Slop - refers to a shot when an object ball is hit without an intentional pocket.

Slug - term used when balls are loosely racked in order to neutralize a break.

Solids - refers to object balls 1 to 7.

Stripes - refers to object balls 9 to 15.

Throw - refers to a shot when the cue ball alters the normal projection of object ball means of friction. This is done by inducing a side spin on the cue ball

Triangle - refers to the billiard device that rack the balls.