Eightball
pool.
a black ball bearing the number eight.
a game in which one player or side must pocket all of either the solid-color b-lls or the striped ones before being permitted to attempt the pocketing of the eightball, which wins.
slang. an inept person.
behind the eightball, informal. in a difficult, disadvantageous, or uncomfortable situation:
he hasn’t studied all term, and now he’s behind the eightball.
a black person (1919+)
a chronically unfortunate and ineffective person; loser, sad sack (1940s+)
square (1950s+ jive talk)
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