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snooker

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

snook·er / ˈsnoŏkər/ • n. a game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a cue ball (white) to pocket the other balls (fifteen red and six colored) in a set order. ∎ a position in a game of snooker or pool in which a player cannot make a direct shot at any permitted ball; a shot placing an opponent in such a position: he needed a snooker to have a chance of winning the frame. • v. [tr.] subject (oneself or one's opponent) to a snooker. ∎ fig. leave (someone) in a difficult position; thwart: I managed to lose my car keys—that was me snookered. ∎ fig. trick, entice, or trap: they were snookered into buying books at prices that were too high.

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snooker

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

snooker Game usually for two players, played on a billiards table, using 15 red balls, 6 coloured balls – yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black – and 1 white cue ball. Each player in turn attempts to knock a red ball into a pocket; if successful, the player may then try to pot a coloured ball; if successful again, the player may go on to another red and another colour. The turn ends when no ball is potted or when a penalty is incurred. Colours potted are returned to their positions on the table until all the reds have been potted; the colours are then potted in ascending order of value and remain off the table.

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snooker

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

snooker XIX. of unkn. orig.

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snooker

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

snooker •bazooka, euchre, farruca, lucre, palooka, pooka, rebuker, snooker, Stuka, verruca •babushka •booker, cooker, hookah, hooker, looker, Sukkur •Junker • onlooker • yarmulke •Hanukkah • manuka •chukka (US chukker), ducker, felucca, fucker, mucker, plucker, pucker, pukka, shucker, succour (US succor), sucker, trucker, tucker, yucca •skulker, sulker •bunker, hunker, lunker, punkah, spelunker •busker, tusker •latke • motherfucker • bloodsucker •seersucker • abaca • stomacher •Linacre, spinnaker •massacre •Jataka, Karnataka •Tripitaka • Ithaca •burka, circa, Gurkha, jerker, lurker, mazurka, shirker, smirker, worker •tearjerker • craftworker •metalworker • networker •caseworker • fieldworker •teleworker • shopworker • outworker •homeworker • stoneworker •woodworker

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