: 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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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Suppose the person has ulterior motives and decides to snooker society by playing around with the compassion meter?
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Armored truck driver Russell (Murphy) is nearing retirement and is on a cash pickup job with young slacker Travis (Davidson) when the latter gets snookered by a criminal (Keke Palmer) into a high-stakes robbery situation.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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Noun
People know about his love of esports, but he was fascinated by snooker and horse racing, too.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Suppose the person has ulterior motives and decides to snooker society by playing around with the compassion meter?
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Verb
There was the time he was snookered by a collection of fake letters between Marilyn Monroe and JFK.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Armored truck driver Russell (Murphy) is nearing retirement and is on a cash pickup job with young slacker Travis (Davidson) when the latter gets snookered by a criminal (Keke Palmer) into a high-stakes robbery situation.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Snooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snooker. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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