Eight-ball (disambiguation)

Eight-ball (or 8-ball) is a pool (pocket billiards) game. Eightball, 8 Ball, eight ball, 8ball, and various other spellings, may also refer to:

• 8 ball, the black ball in pool, numbered "8"

Comics

• Eightball (comic book), a Daniel Clowes comic
• 8-Ball (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain

Military

• 8-Ball (aircraft), a World War II-era Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft
• "Eight ball" or "sad sack", U.S. military jargon for a soldier often in trouble
• "Eight Ball", nickname for the One-Million-Liter Test Sphere, a biological warfare test chamber facility at Fort Detrick, Maryland

Music & recording

• 8-Ball (band), a rock band from Okinawa
• 8 Ball (album), an E.P. by the Burden Brothers
• 8 Ball & MJG, a rap duo
• "Eight Ball", a song by N.W.A. from N.W.A. and the Posse
• "8 Ball", a song by Underworld from 1992-2002
• Eight ball, jargon for a round black omnidirectional microphone

Video games

• 8-Ball, a character in Grand Theft Auto III
• Eightball, an explosive round in Unreal

Other uses

• 8-Ball and Skull, ring names of professional wrestlers the Harris Brothers during their stint as members of the Disciples of Apocalypse
• 8-ball (zucchini), a variety of summer squash
• "Eight-ball", nickname for a 40 ounce bottle of Olde English 800, a brand of malt liquor
• Eight-ball, street slang for one-eighth ounce of powdered cocaine, amphetamine or other illegal drug

See also

• "2 Hookers and an 8-Ball", a song by Mindless Self Indulgence from You'll Rebel To Anything
• Balls 8, a NASA mothership
• Behind the eight ball, a phrase in English meaning "in a difficult situation"
• Blackball (pool) or "8-ball pool", a game closely related to eight-ball
• Eight Ball Deluxe, an MS-DOS video game simulating an earlier pinball machine by Bally
• Magic 8-Ball, a toy that resembles the pool ball and purports to predict the future