different between billiards vs english

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

Alternative forms

• English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?l??/

Noun

english (uncountable)

1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

   You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.

   • 2005, S. Moran, Bronx Boy: Book One of The Zombie Island Trilogy (page 179)

     There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six.

2. (figuratively) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

Synonyms

• (spinning motion): side, spin, sidespin

Translations

See also

• body English

References

Anagrams

• Hingles, shingle