Under most rules if you fail to hit your object ball it is a foul, not a scratch. The foul will mean ball-in-hand to your opponent.
No you don't. You give away two shots to your opponent, but you don't lose the rack.
yes it is
It is called a scratch.
A ball in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Under most rules, no.
No
It is considered a scratch and if you scratch with no balls left to pocket other than the eight (black) ball then you do in fact lose because a scratch on the eight ball does result in a loss.
Hitting the cue ball in is a foul referred to as a scratch. The colored ball does not count under most Rules.
you dont lose its only if you sink the white after hitting the black ball
If you're referring to a foul, it's ball in hand for the incoming player, provided it is a cue ball foul (i.e. scratch, ball off table, hitting opponents ball before your own, etc.). I believe some fouls result in loss of turn, but not ball in hand (i.e. - an object ball leaves the table).
Candy Cummings thought of it while hitting a cue ball in a pool game.
Technically, is a scratch, but most people will just let you put it back.