Definition of Sandbagging

Also lady's aid or girly stick. A denigrating term for the mechanical bridge.

In three cushion billiards, the most standard shot where the third ball is advantageously placed in a corner.

A chiefly British term for a set of mechanical bridges. British-style rests differ from most American-style rake bridges in shape, and take several forms: the cross, the spider and the swan (or goose neck), as well as the rarer and often unsanctioned hook. When used unqualified, the word usually refers to the cross. Rests are used in snooker, English billiards, and blackball.

In eight-ball, when all object balls are balls-on for either player.
A description of a break shot in which the rack (pack) is spread apart well. See also the open break requirement in some games' rules, including eight-ball and nine-ball.
In carom billiards, descriptive of play in which the balls are not gathered.

Same as break.

This refers to a ball that is positioned close to a rail, offering a shot where the cue must hit the rail and the ball almost simultaneously, this position can also offer a defensive shot where the cue ball can be hidden between that object ball and the rail.

Usually a one-piece cue freely available for use by patrons in bars and pool halls.

This is to watch a match with such intensity that there is worry, usually because of a wager on the game.

A very thin cut shot in which the cue ball just brushes the edge of an object ball. "Feather" by itself can be both noun and verb (e.g. "feathering the ball").

The Valley National 8-Ball League Association. Founded in 1979, VENA is a non-profit organization established to promote the game of pool on coin-operated equipment. The membership is comprised of men, women and junior players, coin machine operators and manufacturers.

Also bigs, big balls, big ones. In eight-ball, to be shooting the striped suit (group) of balls (9 through 15); "you're big, remember", "you're big balls" or "I've got the big ones". Compare stripes, yellows, high, overs; contrast little.

This is the act of looking over the stack, pile of balls in the middle of the table, to see if there are any opportunities in the game of one pocket.

This is the act of disturbing you opponents good looking balls in the hope that they might move over and help you out in the game of one pocket.

Used when describing perfect cue ball position play.

Any shot where the cue ball stops immediately after hitting an object ball. Generally requires a full hit.

Billiard Congress of America. The official governing body for pocket billiards in the United States.

This is an imaginary player that you can attempt to run a rack against when playing a practice or training game.

Used by itself often with "low" and "high": "that's a low-percentage shot for me", "I should really take the high-percentage one".

A cluster of balls. In snooker, the bunch of reds that are typically left below the pink spot in the early stages of a frame, not including those reds that have been released into pottable positions.

The break box is a zone in the "kitchen" of the head (British: bottom) of the table, from which the break shot must be taken with the cue ball,

Same as cheating the pocket. Principally used in snooker.

Same as gapper

A stroke in which the cue's tip glances or slips off the cue ball not effectively transferring the intended force. Usually the result is a bungled shot. Common causes include a lack of chalk on the cue tip, a poorly groomed cue tip and not stroking straight through the cue ball, e.g. because of steering.

When a player is on the receiving end of a devastating safety where it is very difficult or near impossible to make a legal hit on an object ball.