Peeling Abbreviations
See also the article on Reporting Results and News, and the jargon dictionary.
The abbreviations used to report the score when a ball has been peeled to the peg and pegged out are shown below.
Peeling abbreviations are reported as lower-case when part of a score +26tp and in upper case when referred to in text, for example: He completed two TPs, a QnP and a TPO in the match.
| Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
| TP | triple peel |
| STP | straight triple peel |
| STPO | straight triple peel on the opponent |
| TPO | triple peel on opponent & winning game |
| OTP | triple peel on opponent & losing game |
| TPO(t) | triple peel on opponent & win on time |
| OQP | quadruple on opponent & losing game |
| QP | quadruple peel |
| QPO | a winning quadruple on the opponent |
| SQP | straight quadruple |
| OQnP | quintuple on opponent & losing game |
| QnP | quintuple peel |
| QnPO | a winning quintuple |
| OSxP | sextuple on opponent & losing game |
| SxP | sextuple peel |
| SSxP | straight sextuple |
| SxPO | winning sextuple on the opponent |
| SxPO(t) | winning sextuple on the opponent on time |
| SpP | septuple peel |
| OctP | octuple peel |
| NnP | nontuple peel (nine hoops) |
| DcP | dectuple peel |
Note that (t) indicates the game finished on time, not by pegging out and is shown above with a few abbreviations to indicate how it is used - it can apply whenever the game is not won immediately as a result of pegging out in the peeling turn.
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