Carpetball
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Carpetball is a noun meaning (uncountable) A game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner.
Meaning
(uncountable) A game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner.
More Meanings
- (historical, countable) A heavy ceramic or stone ball that was rolled along the floor in some games.
Word Forms
- carpetballs
- carpet ball
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include patball, billiards, codeball, bagatelle, pickleball, pool.
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