different between billiards vs crud

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?l??dz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?l.j?dz/
• Hyphenation: bil?liards

Etymology 1

From French billard, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?olh?yos (“leaf”), from *b?leh?- (“blossom, flower”).

Noun

billiards (uncountable)

1. (games, Britain) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.

   Synonym: English billiards

2. (games, US) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cue sport

Translations

See also

• pool
• snooker

Etymology 2

Noun

billiards

1. plural of billiard

English

Etymology

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English cr?dan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

crud (countable and uncountable, plural cruds)

1. (uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse.
2. (uncountable, figuratively, by extension) Something of poor quality.
3. (countable) A contemptible person.
4. Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
5. (uncountable, skiing, snowboarding) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
6. (uncountable, euphemistic) Feces; excrement.

   Synonym: crap

7. (uncountable, slang, US, military and students) Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
8. (uncountable) A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.

Derived terms

• creeping crud
• cruddy

Translations

Interjection

crud

1. Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.

Anagrams

• Curd, curd

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• crudu

Etymology

From Latin cr?dus.

Adjective

crud m (feminine crudã, masculine plural crudz, feminine plural crudi / crude)

1. raw, uncooked

   Synonym: nicoptu

   Antonym: coptu

2. crude, brutal, cruel

Middle English

Noun

crud

1. Alternative form of crudde

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French creu, with the d added back to reflect the Latin cr?dus.

Adjective

crud m (feminine singular crude, masculine plural cruds, feminine plural crudes)

1. raw; uncooked

Descendants

• French: cru

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kruð/

Noun

crud m

1. Alternative form of cruth

Mutation

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cr?dus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krud/

Adjective

crud m or n (feminine singular crud?, masculine plural cruzi, feminine and neuter plural crude)

1. raw, uncooked

   Synonym: necopt

   Antonym: copt

2. (of fruits) unripe

   Synonym: necopt

   Antonym: copt

3. brutal, cruel, barbarous

   Synonyms: brut, crunt, cumplit

Declension

Derived terms

• cruzime

Related terms

• cruditate