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| 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | ||||||
noun • a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball | ||||||||
| 27% | 4 | A hockey shot with spin | ||||||
noun • American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) • a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) • lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl verb • form a curl, curve, or kink • shape one's body into a curl • wind around something in coils or loops • twist or roll into coils or ringlets • play the Scottish game of curling | ||||||||
| 27% | 8 | A powerful shot in billiards that causes the cue ball to spin rapidly | ||||||
noun • an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) • a highly energetic and indefatigable person • a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) • the luminous center of a nuclear explosion | ||||||||
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