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snooker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pool, pocket billiards |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick, flim-flam, fob |
He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk.
snooker::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | play |
Examples of snooker
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Married life is fantastic and, as a result, my snooker is going really well too.
From the web.orange.co.uk
You could choose to explore winter sports, rugby, tennis, snooker or even darts.
From the expressandstar.com
I had to rinse someone's bangs in a hair salon, then commentate a snooker match.
From the guardian.co.uk
These include playing snooker, doing woodwork and watching Celtic football club.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
From a solely snooker perspective he's a shot of welcome adrenalin into the game.
From the guardian.co.uk
Of all the places to be served with a writ, did it have to be at a snooker match?
From the latimes.com
I'm into all sports apart from golf and snooker, and this is a constant for me.
From the metro.co.uk
Yet more evidence that even darts and snooker are more mainstream than athletics.
From the guardian.co.uk
The website tells us it runs every Tuesday from 7pm to 9pm at the snooker hall.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
- A form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
- Fool or dupe; "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk"
- Leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot
- Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular (full-size) table is . ...
- The following is an encyclopedic glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a table ...
- Snooker is a 1983 sports simulation video game published by Visions Software Factory, which simulates the game of snooker on the major home computers of that era, including Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, and BBC Micro. The Amstrad CPC version was published by Amsoft.
- A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth countries; To play snooker; To fool or bamboozle; To place the cue ball in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit his/her required ball with it; To become or cause to become inebriated
- (snookered) to be in a situation where the cue ball position is such that one cannot directly hit the required object ball; to be in a difficult situation, especially where direct action is not possible
- (Snookered) Slang for having an opponent "hide the cue" ball or "play safe."
