Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

the sound of billiard balls hitting each other

English answer:

clack

Added to glossary by R. Alex Jenkins
Mar 10, 2008 01:58
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English term

billiard balls hitting each other

English Art/Literary Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino Billiards
There is a word, usually used in a description of a pool hall, to describe the noise that billiard balls make when they hit one another. I've thought of cracking, striking, but I can't find the exact one and I know it exists!
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Mar 10, 2008 02:02: Andrey Belousov (X) changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Mar 10, 2008 02:51: R. Alex Jenkins Created KOG entry

Mar 10, 2008 08:52: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

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Discussion

Taylor Kirk (asker) Mar 10, 2008:
Seriously?
Andrey Belousov (X) Mar 10, 2008:
Any knowledge of Thesaurus?

Responses

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clack

I've played a bit of snooker and pool in my time, not professionally of course, and the sound that immediately sprang to mind was 'CLACK'.

The room cracked with the clack of billiard balls. There were about a dozen spectators in the room, most of them young men who were watching Leo Durocher ...
www.esquire.com/features/ESQ1003-OCT_SINATRA_rev_

11 Oct 2006 ... Nighttime brings the clack of billiard balls, or the smell of pipe ... in significant spaces, such as Dunsmuir's study and billiard room. ...
www.royalroads.ca/about-rru/the-university/news-events/rru-...

etc...
Peer comment(s):

agree Mihaela Ghiuzeli : Hi Richard. Good to be on a much "safer" ground than Portuguese.
4 mins
Or Romanian, depending on your viewpoint :)))
agree Tony M
6 hrs
Cheers, Tony :)
agree Will Matter : That's the standard description.
9 hrs
Cheers :)
agree NancyLynn
9 hrs
Cheers :)
agree V_Nedkov
13 hrs
Cheers :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Yes, I think I will go with this. Thanks!"
+2
10 mins

clacking

It's been a while for me, but I think that this may be what you're looking for (though both cracking and striking is used as well).

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org....
Peer comment(s):

agree Mihaela Ghiuzeli
4 mins
Thank you, Mihaela.
agree V_Nedkov
13 hrs
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23 mins

smack

Ahhh! Fond memories of an ill-spent youth...
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