SNOOKER

snooker

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

snooker

(verb) leave one’s opponent unable to take a direct shot

snooker

(verb) fool or dupe; “He was snookered by the con-man’s smooth talk”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

snooker (countable and uncountable, plural snookers)

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

(snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit the required ball with it.

Verb

snooker (third-person singular simple present snookers, present participle snookering, simple past and past participle snookered)

(intransitive) To play the game of snooker.

(transitive) To fool or bamboozle.

(transitive, snooker, pool) To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.

(transitive, by extension) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.

To become or cause to become inebriated.

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

coffee icon