What is dirty pool game?

The idiom dirty pool is often used in politics to mean smearing or slurring the reputation of an opponent. The word pool, in this case, refers to the game of pool, which involves striking balls with a cue on a felted table.

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2024-01-14 19:38:05

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Are there different types of pool game?
There are many variations of games played on a standard pool table. Popular pool games include eight-ball
eight-ball
Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of pool played on a billiard table with six pockets, cue sticks, and sixteen billiard balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls ).
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, nine-ball, straight pool
straight pool
Straight pool, which is also called 14.1 continuous and 14.1 rack, is a cue sport in which two competing players attempt to pot as many billiard balls as possible without playing a foul .
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and one-pocket. Even within games types (e.g. eight-ball), there may be variations, and people may play recreationally using relaxed or local rules.
2024-03-21 21:48:40

What pool game do professionals play?
Of these, nine-ball
nine-ball
Noun. nine-ball (uncountable) A form of pool in which players must hit with the cue ball the object ball with the lowest numerical value, but may legally pot any ball apart from the white; whichever player pots the nine ball wins the game.
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is the most popular and the predominant professional game with ten-ball as the second-most prominent. There are many local and regional tours and tournaments that are contested with nine-ball. The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) publishes the world standardized rules.
2024-01-08 07:08:24

What is dirty pool in 8-ball?
if the 8-ball is pocketed on the break, you win (unless you scratch, in which case you lose). if you hit one of your balls first and pocket one of your balls, you keep shooting (i.e., “slop” counts). safeties are considered “dirty pool.”
2023-03-02 05:03:09

Where did the saying dirty pool come from?
The origin of the idiom dirty pool is somewhat in question, with some attributing it to Herman Wouk's novel The Caine Mutiny published in 1951: “I played pretty dirty pool, you know, in court.” However, the idiom has been found in documents dating back as far as 1918, and may go back a bit farther.
2023-01-24 18:31:05

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