snooker

IPA: snˈʊkɝ

A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
(snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.

(intransitive) To play the game of snooker.
(transitive) To fool or bamboozle.
(transitive, snooker, pool) To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
(transitive, by extension) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
To become or cause to become inebriated.

Examples of "snooker" in Sentences

It has been described as snooker's equivalent of Twenty20.
It has been described as snooker's version of Twenty/20 cricket.
But then he’s also tell you that snooker is all about tidying up.
Using the word snooker, primary school pupils sent in hundreds of entries.
The real fascination in snooker is watching one of the top players pot and position themselves, time and again.
He’s close to being right too, except that the magic in snooker is all to do with the magic of the rolling ball.
Cancer-ravaged Alex Higgins - dubbed snooker's 'People's Champion' - was found dead and alone in bed at his humble flat yesterday.
In the 19th century, a snooker was a newly joined and easily fooled British cadet; the name was applied to this form of pool in 1875 by subalterns in India.