Cue stick

<p>A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of <a href="/facts/Sport/0NazHJMC">sporting</a> equipment essential to the games of <a href="/facts/Pocket_billiards/Tr3mPH0V">pool</a>, <a href="/facts/Snooker/PX3vtzqU">snooker</a> and <a href="/facts/Carom_billiards/BFrU7KEB">carom billiards</a>. It is used to strike a <a href="/facts/Billiard_ball/3568TLFe">ball</a>, usually the <a href="/facts/Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms/eUrAoVcD">cue ball</a>. Cues are tapered sticks, typically about 57–59 inches (about 1.5 m) long and usually between 16 and 21 ounces (450–600 g), with professionals gravitating toward a 19-ounce (540 g) average.  Cues for carom tend toward the shorter range, though cue length is primarily a factor of player height and arm length. Most cues are made of <a href="/facts/Wood/z13NpHPl">wood</a>, but occasionally the wood is covered or bonded with other materials including graphite, <a href="/facts/Carbon_fiber_reinforced_plastic/6PlL4mB2">carbon fiber</a> or <a href="/facts/Fiberglass/T6MtJ4ep">fiberglass</a>.  An obsolete term for a cue, used from the 16th to early 19th centuries, is billiard stick.
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Cue stick