snooker

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English - English
To become or cause to become inebriated
A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth countries
To fool or bamboozle
To place the cue ball in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit his/her required ball with it
To play snooker
a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot fool or dupe; "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk
{i} variety of pool in which players use a cue stick to hit 15 red balls and 6 colored balls into pockets at the sides of the table
If you are snookered by something, it is difficult or impossible for you to take action or do what you want to do. The President has been snookered on this issue. a game played especially in Britain on a special table covered in green cloth, in which two people use long sticks to hit coloured balls into holes at the sides and corners of the table billiards snooker table/room/hall. to make it impossible for someone to do what they want to do. Variation of English billiards. It is played with 15 red balls and 6 variously coloured balls. Snooker arose, probably in India, as a game for soldiers in the 1870s. Players try to pocket first the red and then the nonred balls, scoring one point for each red ball and the number value of the others. "Snooker" refers to the position of the cue ball when it cannot hit a required ball
fool or dupe; "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk"
A form of billiards
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
a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot
snooker table
The table on which snooker or billiards is played; a billiard table
snooker club
billiard club, pool club
Chinese snooker
A reverse snooker position where the cue ball is in front of, rather than behind, a ball that is not on, making the shot very difficult because the bridge is hampered and the cueing angle is unnaturally high

Now, happy bridging over a chinese snooker.

chinese snooker
Alternative spelling of Chinese snooker
snookered
Simple past tense and past participle of snooker
snookered
to be in a situation where the cue ball position is such that one cannot directly hit the required object ball
snookered
to be in a difficult situation, especially where direct action is not possible
snookered
{s} (Slang) defeated
snookered
past of snooker
snookering
present participle of snooker
snookers
plural of , snooker
snookers
third-person singular of snooker
snooker

    Hyphenation

    snook·er

    Turkish pronunciation

    snûkır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsno͝okər/ /ˈsnʊkɜr/

    Etymology

    [ snu-k&r, chiefly Britis ] (noun.) 1889. From snook + -er.
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