snooker

¹snook·er

noun \ˈsnu̇-kər, chiefly British ˈsnü-\

Definition of SNOOKER

: a variation of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 variously colored balls

Origin of SNOOKER

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1889

Other Game Terms

bezique, carom, convention, crap, euchre, gambit, monte, parlay, tierce

Rhymes with SNOOKER

booker, cooker, hooker, looker

²snooker

transitive verb

Definition of SNOOKER

: to make a dupe of : hoodwink

Examples of SNOOKER

1. <I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan.>

First Known Use of SNOOKER

1925

Related to SNOOKER

Synonyms

bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, deceive, snow, spoof, string along, sucker, suck in, take in, trick

Antonyms

undeceive

Related Words

kid, put on, tease; bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle

Near Antonyms

debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; disclose, divulge, tell, unveil; disabuse, disenchant, disillusion

Rhymes with SNOOKER

booker, hooker

snooker

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

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.