Billiards Terminology

noun a game similar to billiards

• The performance was a mere bagatelle compared to the grandeur of the opera.
• Playing video games is just a bagatelle for him, he does it effortlessly.
• She's always looking for a bagatelle to distract herself from work.
• In the grand scheme of things, his mistake was just a bagatelle.

noun a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

verb to strike and rebound off a surface, typically at an angle

• The billiard ball caromed off the cushion and landed in the pocket.
• The ball caromed off the wall and almost hit me!
• I saw the car zooming down the street and carom off the curb.
• His reckless actions will eventually carom back to him in a negative way.