snooker

play

noun snook·er \ˈsnu̇-kər, chiefly British ˈsnü-\

Definition of snooker

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

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Recent Examples of snooker from the Web

And Mick Jagger's snooker table is in the space as well.

— karen bliss, Billboard, "Tech Company Revives Century-Old Toronto Concert Hall, Where Zeppelin, Zappa & The Who Once Rocked," 23 June 2017
Abdali had just returned from refereeing an international snooker tournament in the United Arab Emirates when the militants took control.

— loveday morris, Washington Post, "Smoke-filled pool halls are back in Mosul. After ISIS, ‘we seek joy.’," 6 May 2017
Abdali, 56, learned to play snooker in the 1970s — Korean construction workers who worked with his father had a table and taught him.

— loveday morris, Washington Post, "Smoke-filled pool halls are back in Mosul. After ISIS, ‘we seek joy.’," 6 May 2017
The State Theater’s main space, for example, is now a snooker hall.

— mike ives, New York Times, "Using Stealth, and Drones, to Document a Fading Hong Kong," 7 Feb. 2017
Squash rackets, snooker cues, and the famous Dunlop Maxply tennis racket were all made of ash.

— National Geographic, "Trees That Advanced Civilization Are Now Threatened," 11 Sep. 2016

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Origin and Etymology of snooker

origin unknown

NEW! Time Traveler

First Known Use: 1889

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Other Game Terms

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

snooker

verb snook·er

Definition of snooker

transitive verb
: to make a dupe of : hoodwink

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Examples of snooker in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of snooker from the Web

Cops said Bender may have been on a bender, as he was snookered.

— barbara hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, "FloriDUH: EEwwwww, return to sender!," 18 May 2017
Dole IPO: Less than four years after its billionaire chairman, David H. Murdock, took Dole Food Co. private — and snookered investors in the process, a judge said — the company is once again planning to tap the public markets.

— david lazarus, latimes.com, "California Inc.: Stop the presses — another writers' strike is looming," 1 May 2017
The U has grown fat over many years by feeding on a torrent of student loan money and by snookering the Legislature with threats of tuition increases.

— letter writers, Twin Cities, "Pioneer Press Letters to the Editor for February 7, 2017," 7 Feb. 2017

First Known Use of snooker

1925

SNOOKER Defined for English Language Learners

snooker

play

noun

Definition of snooker for English Language Learners

: a version of the game of pool that is played chiefly in Britain with a cue ball, 15 red balls, and 6 balls of other colors on a table that has 6 pockets