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Definitions for snooker
ˈsnʊk ər, ˈsnu kərsnook·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. snookerverb

    a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball

  2. snookerverb

    fool or dupe

    "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk"

  3. snookerverb

    leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot

Wiktionary

  1. snookernoun

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

  2. snookerverb

    To play snooker.

  3. snookerverb

    To fool or bamboozle.

  4. snookerverb

    To place the cue ball in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit his/her required ball with it.

  5. snookerverb

    To become or cause to become inebriated.

Wikipedia

  1. Snooker

    Snooker (pronounced UK: , US: ) is a cue sport played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century, the game is played with twenty-two balls, comprising a white cue ball, fifteen red balls, and six other balls—a yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black—collectively called the colours. Using a cue stick, the individual players or teams take turns to strike the cue ball to pot other balls in a predefined sequence, accumulating points for each successful pot and for each time the opposing player or team commits a foul. An individual frame of snooker is won by the player who has scored the most points. A snooker match ends when a player reaches a predetermined number of frames. Snooker gained its identity in 1875 when army officer Sir Neville Chamberlain, stationed in Ootacamund, Madras, and Jabalpur, devised a set of rules that combined black pool and pyramids. The word snooker was a well-established derogatory term used to describe inexperienced or first-year military personnel. In the early 20th century, snooker was predominantly played in the United Kingdom where it was considered a "gentleman's sport" until the early 1960s, before growing in popularity as a national pastime and eventually spreading overseas. The standard rules of the game were first established in 1919 when the Billiards Association and Control Club was formed. As a professional sport, snooker is now governed by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. The World Snooker Championship first took place in 1927. Joe Davis, a key figure and pioneer in the early growth of the sport, won fifteen successive world championships between 1927 and 1946. The "modern era" of snooker began in 1969 after the broadcaster BBC commissioned the television series Pot Black, later airing daily coverage of the World Championship, which was first televised in 1978. Key figures in the game were Ray Reardon in the 1970s, Steve Davis in the 1980s, and Stephen Hendry in the 1990s, each winning the World Championship at least six times. Since 2000, Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the most world titles. Top professional players compete in regular tournaments around the world, earning millions of pounds on the World Snooker Tour, a circuit of international events featuring competitors of many different nationalities. The World Championship, the UK Championship, and the Masters together make up the Triple Crown Series, considered by many players to be the most highly valued titles. Although the main professional tour is open to women, female players also compete on a separate women's tour organised by World Women's Snooker. Competitive snooker is also available to non-professional players, including seniors and people with disabilities. The popularity of snooker has led to the creation of many variations based on the standard game, but using different rules or equipment, including six-red snooker, the short-lived "snooker plus", and the more recent Snooker Shoot Out version.

ChatGPT

  1. snooker

    Snooker is a cue sport that originated in British India and is popular worldwide today, especially in the UK. It involves players using a cue stick to strike billiard balls on a rectangular table covered in green baize. The objective of the game is to score more points than the opponent by potting different colored balls in a specific sequence. The game requires strategic planning, precision and skill.

Wikidata

  1. Snooker

    Snooker is a cue sport that is typically played on a table covered with a green cloth or baize, with pockets situated in each of the four corners and a further two, commonly referred to as the middle, or side pockets, that sit in the middle of each of the long side cushions. The cloth on a snooker table has a directional nap running from the balk end of the table towards the end with the spot. This affects how a ball rolls depending on which direction it is hit or shot. A regular table is 12 × 6 ft. It is played using a cue and 22 snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colours: yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black. A player wins a frame of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent, using the cue ball to pot the red and coloured balls. A player receives additional points if the opponent commits a foul or fails to escape from a snooker. A player wins a match when a certain number of frames have been won. Snooker, generally regarded as having been invented in India by British Army officers, is popular in many of the English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, with top professional players attaining multi-million-pound career earnings from the game. The sport is now increasingly popular in China.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Snooker

    snōōk′ėr, n. a variety of the game of 'pool.'

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of snooker in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of snooker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of snooker in a Sentence

  1. Tai Woffinden:

    I'd love for somebody like( snooker and darts entrepreneur) Barry Hearn in his spare time to come and look into it and say' yeah, I'll take that on,' it's an exciting sport but it's classed as a minority sport. You walk through the grandstand and there seems to be a lot more older people, there's no younger people yet it's a younger generation of kids that are riding bikes.

  2. Ted Cruz:

    The lobbyists are trying the best they can to snooker the people of Iowa, i don't want Iowa dependent on Washington. I don't think Iowa farmer want to be dependent on Washington.

  3. Julie French:

    Ethanol does not get any subsidies. Steve King, you know that, the lobbyists are trying the best they can to snooker the people of Iowa.

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