Definitions for snookerˈsnʊk ər, ˈsnu kər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
snook•erˈsnʊk ər, ˈsnu kər(n.)
a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of other colors, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls.
Category: Sport
(v.t.)Slang. to deceive.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)
Origin of snooker:
1885–90; orig. uncert.
Princeton's WordNet
snooker(verb)
a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
snooker(verb)
fool or dupe
"He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk"
snooker(verb)
leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot
Wiktionary
snooker(Noun)
A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
snooker(Verb)
To play snooker.
snooker(Verb)
To fool or bamboozle.
snooker(Verb)
To place the cue ball in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit his/her required ball with it.
snooker(Verb)
To become or cause to become inebriated.
Translations for snooker
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
snooker(noun)
a kind of game played on a billiard-table with fifteen red balls and seven balls of other colours
Do you play snooker?; Let's have a game of snooker; (also adjective) a snooker match.
- snoekerAfrikaans
- نَوْع من البلياردو يُلْعَب بِكُرات مُلَوَّنَهArabic
- билярдBulgarian
- sinucaPortuguese (BR)
- druh kulečníkové hryCzech
- das BillardspielGerman
- snooker; snooker-Danish
- μπιλιάρδοGreek
- snooker, billar rusoSpanish
- snuukerEstonian
- اسنوكرFarsi
- snookerFinnish
- (sorte de) jeu de billardFrench
- סְנוּקֶרHebrew
- स्नूकरHindi
- vrsta biljaraCroatian
- sznúker (a biliárd egy fajtája)Hungarian
- bilyarIndonesian
- snókerIcelandic
- (gioco di biliardo)Italian
- 玉突きの一種Japanese
- 포켓 볼Korean
- angliškasis biliardasLithuanian
- biljarda spēles veids, snukersLatvian
- snukerMalay
- snookerbiljartDutch
- en type biljardNorwegian
- snookerPolish
- اسنوكرPersian
- اسنوکرPashto
- sinucaPortuguese
- snooker, joc de biliardRomanian
- снукерRussian
- druh biliardovej hrySlovak
- vrsta biljardaSlovenian
- snukerSerbian
- snookerSwedish
- สนุกเกอร์Thai
- bir tür bilardo oyunu, snukerTurkish
- 司諾克(撞球遊戲的一種)Chinese (Trad.)
- снукерUkrainian
- بلیئرڈ کی طرح کا کھیل جس میں 15 سرخ اور 7 دوسرے رنگ کی گیندیں ہوتی ہیںUrdu
- trò chơi bi-daVietnamese
- 司诺克（台球游戏的一种）Chinese (Simp.)
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