Why is it called a scratch?

In pool, why is it called a scratch when you hit the cue ball into a pocket?

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A "scratch" is the pocketing of the cue ball in pocket billiards. In most games, a scratch is a type of foul. "Scratch" is sometimes used to refer to all types of fouls. I have no clue why the word "scratch" is used though.

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In pool game how i change the Cecile at end off aiming line?its too big green Cecile .i cant aim correctly?

i have no clue maybee because its irritating when u loose the ball

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Why i can not see the table ?

because you scritchy scratch the nits

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What is the definition of a safety shot?

because you didn't itch

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Snooker scoring?

dont know

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What keeps the cue ball from the rest of the balls(sunk balls) on the pool table?

people use to scratch their butts when they hit the cue ball in the pocket. it was a bit embarrassing so... they stop scratching their butt and said " scratch"

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OLD GAMBLING TERM MEANS its out like a horse out of the race is scratched i scratch my head when i aint thinking

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"Scratch" was a short way of saying "to withdraw (an entry) from a contest", re: a horse being taken out of a race before it was due to start. The term was picked up and used in poolrooms by pool hall junkies and gamblers meaning the player's turn is over and in many cases out. "Scratch" entered the jargon the same way that many baseball terms are used in everyday situations. Example: Get to first base (with a date), off the wall, out in left field, struck out (with a girl), etc.

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The word scratch had a meaning of a child born from incest (seriously), so scratching the cueball is "like kissing your sister". In straight pool. you would lose a point in old times for a scratch, or "scratch off a point"

Also, a scratch (meaning hitting in the 8 ball) removes you from the competition, "scratching" you off the "roster"

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I'm looking for a pink pool cue for my wife. Can anyone suggest a good source?

Because the first player to ever did it scratches his head...lol...

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