Meaning of "8 ball"

[nq:1]Hi! I'm an italian girl, and I love the english culture. But I didn't understand a thing: the "8 ball". What does it means? It's not just the billiard's ball, isn't it?[/nq]
It coulmd be but it might also be an expression for something and one I don't know.
But in fact it can't be a "billiards" ball properly speaking because that is a game played with only three *****. There is a mul

[nq:1]Hi! I'm an italian girl, and I love the english culture. But I didn't understand a thing: the "8 ball". What does it means? It's not just the billiard's ball, isn't it? Thank you![/nq]
Are you referring to the expression, "behind the eight-ball"? It means to be in a difficult or stressful situation. Derived from a game of pool where striking the eight-ball is to be avoided until the end

[nq:2]Hi! I'm an italian girl, and I love the english ... It's not just the billiard's ball, isn't it? Thank you![/nq]
[nq:1]Are you referring to the expression, "behind the eight-ball"? It means to be in a difficult or stressful situation. Derived from a game of pool where striking the eight-ball is to be avoided until the end of the game.[/nq]
Ah, the solution. Thanks. I've never heard t

[nq:1]But I didn't understand a thing: the "8 ball". What does it means?[/nq]
OED2:
a. The black ball, numbered eight, in the North American variety of pool (pool n.3 3); this variety of pool.
b. Phr. behind the eight ball, at a disadvantage; ?snookered?.

c. slang. A Negro.
d. slang. A stupid person.
e. (See quot. 1937.).
1937 Printers' Ink Monthly Apr. 53/1 Eight

Approx. Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:33:06 +0200, someone calling themselves "John of Aix" (Email Removed) let their cat run across the keyboard resulting in:

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[nq:1]Snooker is a pool game where snookering your opponent is the main objectand uses different ***** than the regular 15 ... the same as "being 8balled", but less severe. Like, if you're snookered you got ittough, if you're 8balled you're dead.[/nq]
Snooker has 15 red ***** and six other colours, has completely different rules, a much larger table and much smaller holes, compared with the si

[nq:1]Hi! I'm an italian girl, and I love the english culture. But I didn't understand a thing: the "8 ball". What does it means? It's not just the billiard's ball, isn't it? Thank you![/nq]
Some context please!
It's the black ball in pool.
It can mean 'to finish off' like the last ball to be potted in pool. A magic 8-ball is a game/toy
Eight-ball is a character from Grand Theft Au

The expression "8 ball" is meant to denote something unfavorable, or a bad situation. For example, "My boss has asked for that report I am supposed to be working on. Now I'm behind the 8 ball!"
The origin comes from Billiards, where sinking the 8 ball (the black ball) would come last. If you were trying to sink other ***** in their numerical rotation it becomes disadvantageous to find your cue

}The origin comes from Billiards, where sinking the 8 ball (the black ball) }would come last.
Strange that - Billiards is a game with three *****. A red one. A white one and a white one with two small black dots.
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[nq:1]}The origin comes from Billiards, where sinking the 8 ball (the blackball) }would come last. Strange that - Billiards is a game with three *****. A red one. A white one and a white one with two small black dots.[/nq]
I would have agreed with you and insisted that the expression is derived from pool, but a quick Google reveals lots of variants (probably mainly American), many with lots of