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snooker
(snuːkəʳ, US snʊk-)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense snookers, present participle snookering, past tense, past participle snookered
1. uncountable noun
Snooker is a game involving balls on a large table. The players use a long stick to hit a white ball, and score points by knocking coloured balls into the pockets at the sides of the table.
...a game of snooker.
They were playing snooker.
2. verb [usually passive]
If you are snookered by something, it is difficult or impossible for you to take action or do what you want to do.
[British, informal] The President has been snookered on this issue. [be VERB-ed]
snooker in British English
(ˈsnuːkə)
noun
1.
a game played on a billiard table with 15 red balls, six balls of other colours, and a white cue ball. The object is to pot the balls in a certain order
2.
a shot in which the cue ball is left in a position such that another ball blocks the object ball. The opponent is then usually forced to play the cue ball off a cushion
verb (transitive)
3.
to leave (an opponent) in an unfavourable position by playing a snooker
4.
to place (someone) in a difficult situation
5. (often passive)
to thwart; defeat
Word origin
C19: of unknown originsnooker in American English
(ˈsnʊkər)
noun
1.
a variety of the game of pool played with fifteen red balls and six other balls
verb transitive
2.
to make a direct shot impossible for (an opponent in snooker)
3. Informal
to thwart or defeat
4. Slang
to deceive
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British English: snooker /ˈsnuːkə/ NOUN
Snooker is a game involving balls on a large table. The players use long sticks called cues to hit a white ball, and score points by knocking coloured balls into the pockets at the sides of the table.
...a game of snooker.
- American English: snooker
- Arabic: لُعْبَةُ السُّنُوكَر
- Brazilian Portuguese: sinuca
- Chinese: 斯诺克台球
- Croatian: biljar
- Czech: kulečník
- Danish: snooker
- Dutch: snooker
- European Spanish: billar modalidad
- Finnish: snooker
- French: snooker
- German: Snooker
- Greek: σνούκερ
- Italian: snooker
- Japanese: スヌーカー
- Korean: 스누커
- Norwegian: snooker
- Polish: snooker
- European Portuguese: snooker
- Romanian: snooker
- Russian: снукер
- Latin American Spanish: billar
- Swedish: snooker
- Thai: สนุกเกอร์
- Turkish: snooker
- Ukrainian: снукер
- Vietnamese: trò chơi bi-da
Chinese translation of 'snooker'
snooker
(ˈsnuːkəʳ)
n (u)
- (Sport)
英式台(臺)球
(yīngshì táiqiú)
vt
- to be snookered (Brit, inf)
处(處)于(於)困境
(chǔyú kùnjìng)
subject word lists
Nearby words ofsnooker
- snob
- snobbery
- snobbish
- snooker
- snoop
- snooper
- snooty
Synonyms of 'snooker'
snooker
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