snooker

Definition of Snooker in English :

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Noun

1. snooker

a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball

Verb

2. snooker

fool or dupe

Example Sentences:
'He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk'

3. snooker

leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Snooker

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noun

1.

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.

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

verb (transitive)

3.

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

4.

to place (someone) in a difficult situation

5. (often passive)

to thwart; defeat

Snooker

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noun

1.

a variety of the game of pool played with fifteen red balls and six other balls

verb transitive

2.

to make a direct shot impossible for (an opponent in snooker)

3. Informal

to thwart or defeat

4. Slang

to deceive

Snooker

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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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