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snooker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • sno͞oʹkə (Received-Pronunciation) r
  • /ˈsnʊkɚ/ (General-American)
  • sno͝oʹkər (General-American)
  • /ˈsnuːkə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (UK) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.
    • She put her opponent in a snooker.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
snookers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

snookerer · snooker table · volunteer snooker · snookery · Savile snooker · Chinese snooker · snooker ball

Translations (82)

uz bilyard (cue sport) · fr billard (cue sport) · uz snuker (cue sport) · am ስኑከር (cue sport) · ko 스누커 (cue sport) · nl snooker (cue sport) · vi bi da (cue sport) · xh yeebhola (cue sport) · es billar (cue sport) · to sinuka (cue sport) · yue 士碌架 (cue sport) · th เฟรม (cue sport) · tr bir tür bilardo (cue sport) · ca billar (cue sport) · gl sinuca (cue sport) · tl snuker (cue sport) · is snóker (cue sport) · fi snooker (cue sport) · ga snúcar (cue sport) · be сну́кер (cue sport) · sl snooker (cue sport) · mn снукер (cue sport) · ht snooke (cue sport) · bn স্নুকার (cue sport) · ht biyar (cue sport) · or ସ୍ନୁକର (cue sport) · pt sinuca (cue sport) · sh snooker (cue sport) · et snuuker (cue sport) · ka სნუკერი (cue sport) · mi piriota (cue sport) · ro răsturna (cue sport) · sh снукер (cue sport) · ar سْنُوكَر (cue sport) · lt snukeris (cue sport) · sh snuker (cue sport) · ar سْنُوكَر (cue sport) · gv snooker (cue sport) · ru сну́кер (cue sport) · cs kulečník (cue sport) · sv snooker (cue sport) · cmn 司諾克 /司诺克 (cue sport) · hu sznúker (cue sport) · pl snooker (cue sport) · gu સ્નૂકર (cue sport) · sq lojë biliardo (cue sport) · cy snwcer (cue sport) · kk снукер (cue sport) · kn ಸ್ನೂಕರ್ (cue sport) · az bilardo (cue sport) · it biliardo (cue sport) · sm snuke (cue sport) · ps سنوکر (cue sport) · cmn 斯諾克 /斯诺克 (cue sport) · km កីឡាស្នុកឃ័រ (cue sport) · sk gulečník (cue sport) · id snoker (cue sport) · te స్నూకర్ (cue sport) · gd snucair (cue sport) · af snoeker (cue sport) · eu billarra (cue sport) · ms snuker (cue sport) · lt biliardas (cue sport) · hy սնուկեր (cue sport) · mk снукер (cue sport) · de Snooker (cue sport) · uk сну́кер (cue sport) · da snooker (cue sport) · bg сну́кър (cue sport) · it stecca (cue sport) · he סנוקר (cue sport) · si ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ මලල (cue sport) · tet sinuka (cue sport) · ky снукер (cue sport) · lv snūkers (cue sport) · ja スヌーカー (cue sport) · hi स्नूकर (cue sport) · fa اسنوکر (cue sport) · ru билья́рд (cue sport) · yi סנוקער (cue sport) · ta ஸ்னூக்கர் (cue sport) · el σνούκερ (cue sport)

snooker en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • sno͞oʹkə (Received-Pronunciation) r
  • /ˈsnʊkɚ/ (General-American)
  • sno͝oʹkər (General-American)
  • /ˈsnuːkə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (UK) audio

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To play the game of snooker.
  2. (transitive) To fool or bamboozle.
    • But to critics like the New York Times's Paul Krugman, Ryan was an obvious con man weaponizing the deficit to hamstring Obama's presidency, weaken the recovery, and snooker Beltway centrists eager to champion a reasonable-seeming Republican. 2018, Ezra Klein, “Paul Ryan's Long Con”, in Vox.com:
    • Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights. 2023 August 6, Daniel Duane, “It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask.”, in The New York Times:
  3. (ambitransitive) To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
  4. (broadly, transitive) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
    • Sam McDougall, Operations Director for NR's East Coast Route, explains: "Until recently, if anything went wrong in the two-track section between Stoke and Doncaster, we were snookered. 2023 July 12, Ben Jones, “'Thunderbirds' are go on the ECML...”, in RAIL, number 987, page 34:
  5. (transitive) To cause to become inebriated.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
snookering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
snookered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
snookered Tense=Past lexicographic
snookers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

pool · billiards