: a variation of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 variously colored balls
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Verb
I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan.
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Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Leagues available: Serie A soccer, Women’s UEFA soccer, MMA, boxing (including an archive), FIBA basketball, Masters snooker.
—Dan Reilly, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
There was the time he was snookered by a collection of fake letters between Marilyn Monroe and JFK.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
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Noun
There’s a pretty playground with a zip wire, a tennis court floating on a lake and a vast beamed attic filled with board games, snooker and trunks of fancy dress.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Leagues available: Serie A soccer, Women’s UEFA soccer, MMA, boxing (including an archive), FIBA basketball, Masters snooker.
—Dan Reilly, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
As Swift makes clear, the Theatre endured only because Burbage was good at improvising and snookering his business partners.
—Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
There was the time he was snookered by a collection of fake letters between Marilyn Monroe and JFK.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Snooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snooker. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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