snooker

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

Noun

1. a game played on a billiard table with 15 red balls, six balls of other colours, and a white cue ball

2. a shot in which the cue ball is left in a position such that another ball blocks the target ball

Verb

1. to leave (an opponent) in an unfavourable position by playing a snooker

2. to put someone in a position where he or she can do nothing [origin unknown]

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"

Translations

snooker [ˈsnuːkəʳ] n → snooker m

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snooker [ˈsnuːkəʳ] n → sorte de jeu de billard

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snooker [ˈsnuːkəʳ] n → Snooker nt

vt (Brit) (inf);

to be snookered → festsitzen

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snooker [ˈsnuːkəʳ] n → tipo di gioco del biliardo

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snooker

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 당구의 일종 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(檯球遊戲的一種) 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）