Sekirov Dictionary

snooker

UK /ˈsnuːkə(ɹ)/US /ˈsnʊkɚ/

verb 5
noun 2
forms 3

verb5

To play the game of snooker.
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To fool or bamboozle.
- 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
To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
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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
To cause to become inebriated.

noun2

A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
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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

snookered · snookering · snookers

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