snooker

noun

/ˈsnuːkə(r)/

/ˈsnuːkər/

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[uncountable] a game for two people played on a long table covered with green cloth. Players use cues (= long sticks) to hit a white ball against other balls (15 red and 6 of other colours) in order to get the coloured balls into pockets at the edge of the table, in a particular set order.
- to play snooker
- a game of snooker
- a snooker hall/player/table
- The ex-miner stunned the snooker world by winning his first tournament.
- We played a couple of frames of snooker in the evening.
compare billiards, poolTopics Sports: other sportsc2, Games and toysc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- professional
… of snooker
- frame
- game
verb + snooker
- play
snooker + noun
- ball
- cue
- table
- …
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[countable] a position in snooker in which one player has made it very difficult for the opponent to play a shot within the rulesTopics Sports: other sportsc2

Word Originlate 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

verb

/ˈsnuːkə(r)/

/ˈsnuːkər/

[usually passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they snooker	/ˈsnuːkə(r)/ /ˈsnuːkər/
he / she / it snookers	/ˈsnuːkəz/ /ˈsnuːkərz/
past simple snookered	/ˈsnuːkəd/ /ˈsnuːkərd/
past participle snookered	/ˈsnuːkəd/ /ˈsnuːkərd/
-ing form snookering	/ˈsnuːkərɪŋ/ /ˈsnuːkərɪŋ/

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snooker somebody (in the game ofsnooker) to have your opponent in a snookerTopics Sports: other sportsc2
snooker somebody/something (British English, informal) to make it impossible for somebody to do something, especially something they want to do
- Any plans I'd had for the weekend were by now well and truly snookered.
snooker somebody (North American English, informal) to cheat or trick somebody

Word Originlate 19th cent.: of unknown origin.