Eight-ball (disambiguation)

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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
  • 8Ball, a Danish pop trio
  • 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
  • "Eight Ball", another name for Bloody Mary made with V8 instead of tomato juice
  • A pejorative nickname for a black person who is completely bald.

See also

  • Behind the eight ball (disambiguation), a phrase in English meaning "in a difficult situation", and the title of several films and songs
  • "2 Hookers and an 8-Ball", a song by Mindless Self Indulgence from You'll Rebel to Anything
  • Balls 8, a NASA mothership
  • 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
  • 8 Mile, has a subtle connotation with the 8-ball context
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