snooker

IPA: snˈʊkɝ

noun

  • 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.

verb

  • (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.
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Examples of "snooker" in Sentences

  • Cf. snooker for a great example.
  • But not for a rotating snooker table.
  • Not sure they have a snooker category.
  • Also known as the, especially in snooker.
  • Billiard or snooker cues are not necessary.
  • Is the author a journalist or snooker expert.
  • By the end of the 1980s, he was snooker's first millionaire.
  • Snooker specific information is of no concern beyond the snooker project.
  • Baize is most often used on snooker and billiards tables to cover the and.
  • The term is most common in the game of snooker but is used in U.S. parlance.

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