Glossary of cue sports terms

Bottomspin

Also bottom spin, bottom-spin, bottom. Same cause backspin, i.e. distort (UK), angle (US).. Contrast topspin.

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1–9
8 (eight) ball
9 (nine) ball
A
Above
Action
Ahead race
Aiming line
Anchor nurse
Anchor space
Angle of incidence
Angle of reflection
Angled ball
Arc
Apex
Around the table
B
Back
Back cut
Backer
Backspin
Baize
Balance point
Balkline
Ball-in-hand
Ball-on
Ball return
Banger
Bank
Bank shot
Bank-the-8
Bar player
Bar pool
Bar table
Baulk
Baulk colour
Baulk cushion
Baulk line
Baulk rail
Bed
Be in stroke
Below
Big
Big ball
Big pocket
Billiard
Billiards
Black ball
Blood test
Blue ball
Body english
Bottle
Bottom
Bottom cushion
Bottom rail
Bottomspin
Break
Break and dish
Break and run
Break box
Break down ones cue
Bridge
Bridge hand
Brown ball
Bumper
Burnish
Business, doing
Butt
Butt cap
C
Calcutta
Call
Call-shot
Called ball
Called pocket
Cannon
Carom
Carambole
Catch a stroke
Center spot
Center string
Centre pocket
Century
Chalk
Chasing ones money
Cheat the pocket
Check side
Chinese snooker
Chuck nurse
Choke
Clean
Clearance
Cling
Closed bridge
Cloth
Cluster
Cocked hat double
Collision-induced english
Collision-induced throw
Colour ball
Combination shot
Contact point
Containing safety
Corner-hooked
Corner pocket
Count
Count, the
Cradle cannon
Creep
Cribbage
Cross
Cross-corner
Cross double
Cross-side
Crotch
Crucible Curse
Cue
Cue action
Cue ball
Cue ball control
Cue power
Cue stick
Cue tip
Cueist
Cushion
Cut shot
D
"D", the
Dart stroke
Dead
Dead ball shot
Dead rail
Dead stroke
Deadweight
Deflection
Deliberate foul
Develop
Diamond
Diamond system
Dish
Dog
Dots
Double
Double century
Double cheeseburger, the
Double-elimination
Double hit
Double kiss
Double shimmed
Double the rail
Doubles
Down-trou
Drag shot
Draw
Draw shot
Drill
Drop pockets
Duck
Dump
E
8 ball
End rail
English
Equator
Escape
Extension
F
Fat
Fault
Feather shot
Felt
Ferrule
Firewood
Fish
Flagrant foul
Flat-back pack
Fluke
Follow
Follow shot
Follow-through
Foot
Foot cushion
Foot rail
Foot spot
Foot string
Forced shot
Force follow
Foul
Possible foul situations (nonexclusive)
Frame
Frame ball
Free ball
Free stroking
Freeze up
Frozen
Full
Fundamentals
G
Game
Game ball
Games on the wire
Gapper
Gather shot
Gentlemens call
Ghost ball
Go off
Golden break
Goose neck
Green
Green ball
Green pocket
Grip
Group
Gully table
H
Half-ball hit
Half-century
Hand chalk
Handicapping
Hanger
Hanging in the pocket
Have the nuts
Having the cue ball on a string
Head
Head cushion
Head rail
Head spot
Head string
Heads up
Heart
High
Hill
Hill-hill
Hook
Hook rest
House cue
House man
House rack
House rules
Hug the rail
Hustle
I
In-hand
Inning
In-off
Inside english
In stroke
Insurance ball
In turn
Irish linen
J
Jack up
Jail
Jam up
Jawed ball
Jaws
Jenny
Jigger
Joint
Joint protectors
Jump cue
Jump shot
K
Key ball
Key shot
Kick
Kick shot
Kill shot
Kiss
Kiss shot
Kitchen
Knuckle
L
Lag
Ladies aid
Last-pocket
Leave
Left
Lemonade stroke
Let out
Little
Lock
Lock artist
Lock up
Long bank
Long double
Long rail
Long string
Look back
Losing hazard
Low
M
Mark
Massé
Match
Match ball
Maximum break
Mechanical bridge
Middle pocket
Middle spot
Miscue
Miss
Missable
Money ball
Money table
Mushroom
N
Nap
Natural
9 ball
Nip draw
Nit
Nurse
O
Object ball
On a string
On the hill
On the lemonade
On the snap
Open break
Open bridge
Open table
Orange crush, the
Out
Outside English
Overcut
Overs
P
Pack
Package
Pantsed
Paper cut
Parkers box
Parking the cue ball
Pea
Pin
Pink ball
Pill
Piqué
Plant
Pocket
Pocket speed
Point
Pool shark
Position
Position play
Pot
Pot and tuck
Potter
Potting angle
Professional foul
Professional side of the pocket
Push
Push out
Push shot
Q
Quadruple century
Quintuple century
R
Race
Rack (noun)
Rack (verb)
Rail
Rake
Rat in
Red ball
Referee
Re-rack
Re-spot
Re-spotted black
Rest
Reverse english
Right
Ring game
Road map
Road player
Rob
Roll
Roll-up
Rotation
Round
Round robin
Round the angles
Rubber match
Ruckus
Run
Run out
Run the table
Running english
S
Safe
Safety
Safety break
Sandbag
Scotch doubles
Scratch
Screw
Seeding
Sell out
Sell the farm
Semi-massé
Session
Session to spare
Set
Seven-balled
Sewer
Shaft
Shape
Shark
Sharp
Short rack
Short rail
Shortstop
Shot
Shot for nothing
Side
Side pocket
Side rail
Sidespin
Single-elimination
Sink
Sitter
Skid
Skittle
Skunk
Slate
Slide
Slip stroke
Slop
Slop pockets
Small
Smash-through
Snap
Sneaky pete
Snick
Snooker
Snookers required
Solids
Speed
Speed control
Spider
Split
Spot (noun)
Spot (verb)
Spot shot
Squeeze shot
Squirt
Stake
Stall
Stance
Stay shot
Steering
Stick
Stop shot
Straight eight
Straight up
String
Stripes
Stroke
Stroke, catch a
Stroke, to be in
Stun run-through
Stun shot
Sucker shot
Suit
Surgeon
Swan
Sweaters
Swerve
Swerve shot
T
Table cloth
Table scratch
Tangent line
Taper
Thin
Three-foul rule
Throw
Tickie
Tied up
Tight
Time shot
Timing
Tip
Tittie
Tittie-hooked
Top
Top cushion
Top rail
Topspin
Total clearance
Total snooker
Touching ball
Treble
Treble century
Training template
Triangle
Trick shot
Triple
Triple century
Turn
Two-cushion double
Two-shot carry
Two shots
Two visits
Two-way shot
U
Umbrella shot
Undercut
Unders
Unintentional english
V
Velcro
Visit
W
Warrior
Way
Weight
White ball
Whitewash
Whitey
Wild
Wing ball
Wing shot
Wipe its feet
Wired
Wire, the
Wood
Wrap
Y
Yellow ball
Yellow pocket