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.