| 释义 |
eight ball
noun- one eighth of an ounce US
- Detectives found $5,000 worth of cocaine in powdered form that had been packaged as “eightballs,” or one-eighth ounces. — The Record, p. A40, 24 July 1988
- Had to be, Strike reasoned, because an eight ball–just three and a half grams–wouldn’t be worth the risk of selling in such a public place. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 110, 1992
- Tenner means one sixteenth of an ounce. One eighth is called a eightball. You ever do cringe? — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, p. 40, 1993
- Tony would [...] come in and start doing up the eight-ball he seemed invariably to have with him as a chemical security blanket. — Mick Farren, Give the Anarchist a Cigarette, p. 361, 2001
- Trev, there’s an eight-ball of nose [cocaine] in this for you[.] — Colin Butts, Is Harry Still on the Boat?, p. 377, 2003
- a discharge from the US Army for mental unfitness US
From the regulation AF 600–208. - — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 18, 1968
- Old English 800 malt liquor US
- — Michael Small, Break it Down, p. 219, 1992: “Hip-hop dictionary”
- The usual group was there, listening to EAZY-E, chugging forty-ounce bottles of Old English 800–eightballs–and playing dominos. — Bob Sipchen, Baby Insane and the Buddha, p. 111, 1993
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 11, Spring 1998
- a dark-skinned black person US, 1919
The “eightball” in billiards is black. - — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Dictionary, p. 11, 1945
- An eight-ball like him sweet on a high-yaller gal will find out where Hitler is buried at. — Chester Himes, A Rage in Harlem, p. 148, 1957
- a conventional, staid, unsophisticated person US
- — Clarence Major, Dictionary of Afro-American Slang, p. 50, 1970
- a mixture of crack cocaine and heroin US
- I’m busy crankin’ off an eight-ball, dude. — Stephen J. Cannell, The Tin Collectors, p. 116, 2001
- — Robert Ashton, This Is Heroin, p. 209, 2002
▶ behind the eight ball
in a difficult position US, 1932
From a tactical disadvantage when playing pool. |