snooker (redirected from Lightning break)

snook·er  (snkr)

n.

Pocket billiards played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of other colors.

tr.v. snook·ered, snook·er·ing, snook·ers

1. Slang

a. To lead (another) into a situation in which all possible choices are undesirable; trap.

b. To fool; dupe: "Snookered by a lot of malarkey about drilling costs, a Texas jury ... added $3 billion of punitive damages" (New Republic).

2. To leave one's opponent in the game of snooker unable to take a direct shot without striking a ball out of the required order.

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snooker [ˈsnuːkə]

n

1. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) 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. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) 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

vb (tr)

1. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) to leave (an opponent) in an unfavourable position by playing a snooker

2. to place (someone) in a difficult situation

3. (often passive) to thwart; defeat

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	snooker - a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball pocket billiards, pool - any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets snooker - leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot
Verb	1.	snooker - fool or dupe; "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk" flim-flam, fob, fox, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick, play a joke on - deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
	2.	snooker - leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot snooker - a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"

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snooker

Snooker and billiards terms

baize, ball, baulk, baulkline, black, blue, bouclée, break, bricole, bridge, brown, cannon, carom (chiefly U.S. & Canad), chalk, clearance, cue ball, cue extension, cue tip, cushion, D or d, double, draw, drop cannon, fluke, foul, frame, free ball, green, half-butt, hazard, headrail, in-off, jenny, kick, kiss, lag, long jenny, massé, maximum break or 147, miscue, nurse, nursery cannon, object ball, pink, plain ball, plant, pocket, pot, red, rest, safety, scratch, screw, short jenny, side or (U.S. & Canad.) English, snooker, spider, spot, spot ball, stun, top, triangle or (U.S. & Canad.) rack, white, Whitechapel, yellow

Translations

snooker [ˈsnuːkəʳ]

A. N → snooker m, billar m inglés

B. VT to be properly snookered (fig) → estar en un aprieto serio

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snooker [ˈsnuːkə^r] n sorte de jeu de billard
to play snooker → jouer au billard

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snooker

n → Snooker nt

vt to snooker somebody → jdn sperren; to be snookered (Brit fig inf) → festsitzen (inf); I’ve snookered myself (fig inf) → ich habe mich festgefahren

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snooker [ˈsnuːkəʳ]

1. n → (gioco del) biliardo

2. vt to be properly snookered (fig) (fam) → essere in un bel casino

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n snooker [ˈsnuːkə]

a kind of game played on a billiard-table with fifteen red balls and seven balls of other colours Do you play snooker?; Let's have a game of snooker; (also adjective ) a snooker match. snoeker نَوْع من البلياردو يُلْعَب بِكُرات مُلَوَّنَه билярд druh kulečníkové hry snooker; snooker- das Billardspiel μπιλιάρδο snooker, billar ruso snuuker اسنوكر snooker (sorte de) jeu de billard סְנוּקֶר स्नूकर vrsta biljara sznúker (a biliárd egy fajtája) bilyar snóker (gioco di biliardo) 玉突きの一種 포켓 볼 angliškasis biliardas biljarda spēles veids, snukers snuker snookerbiljart en type biljard snooker sinuca snooker, joc de biliard снукер druh biliardovej hry vrsta biljarda snuker snooker สนุกเกอร์ bir tür bilardo oyunu, snuker 司諾克(撞球遊戲的一種) снукер بلیئرڈ کی طرح کا کھیل جس میں 15 سرخ اور 7 دوسرے رنگ کی گیندیں ہوتی ہیں trò chơi bi-da 司诺克（台球游戏的一种）

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snooker → لُعْبَةُ السُّنُوكِر kulečník snooker Snooker σνούκερ billar snooker snooker bilijar snooker スヌーカー 스누커 snooker snooker snooker sinuca, snooker снукер snooker สนุกเกอร์ snooker trò chơi bi-da 斯诺克台球