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
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.
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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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