snooker
🇺🇸
/ˈsnuːkər/
🇬🇧
/ˈsnuːkə(r)/
noun
R
A game played on a table with green cloth, where players use a stick to hit balls into pockets at the table's edge.
We enjoyed playing snooker after dinner.
R
A situation in snooker where it's very hard for the opponent to make a legal shot.
He was in a difficult snooker, with no clear way to hit the red ball.
verb
R
To put an opponent in a difficult position in snooker where they can't make a legal shot.
He managed to snooker his opponent, leaving them with no good options.
R
To prevent someone from doing something, especially something they want to do.
Any plans I'd had for the weekend were by now well and truly snookered.
R
To deceive or trick someone.
I was snookered by the salesman into buying an expensive item I didn't need.
translation
A game played on a table with green cloth, where players use a stick to hit balls into pockets at the table's edge.; A situation in snooker where it's very hard for the opponent to make a legal shot.
To put an opponent in a difficult position in snooker where they can't make a legal shot.; To prevent someone from doing something, especially something they want to do.; To deceive or trick someone.
Word Forms
3rd Present
snookers
Past
snookered
Perfect
snookered
Progressive
snookering
Plural
snookers