snooker
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ər, ˈsnu noun
1.
a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
verb (used with object)
2.
Slang. to deceive, cheat, or dupe: to be snookered by a mail order company.
Origin:
1885–90; origin uncertain
1885–90; origin uncertain
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| —n | |
| 1. | a game played on a billiard table with 15 red balls, six balls of other colours, and a white cue ball. The object is to pot the balls in a certain order |
| 2. | a shot in which the cue ball is left in a position such that another ball blocks the object ball. The opponent is then usually forced to play the cue ball off a cushion |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to leave (an opponent) in an unfavourable position by playing a snooker |
| 4. | to place (someone) in a difficult situation |
| 5. | (often passive) to thwart; defeat |
| [C19: of unknown origin] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
snooker
1889, the game and the word said to have been invented in India by British officers as a diversion from billiards. The name is perhaps an allusion (with reference to the rawness of play by a fellow officer) to British slang snooker "newly joined cadet" (1872). Tradition ascribes the coinage to Col. Sir
Neville Chamberlain (not the later prime minister of the same name), at the time subaltern in the Devonshire Regiment in Jubbulpore. The verb meaning "to cheat" is from early 1900s, probably because novices can be easily tricked in the game.
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Example sentences
There is a state-of-the-art fitness center, swimming pool, whirlpool and snooker lounge.
The same universal laws seems to govern player rankings in sports as diverse as tennis, fencing, snooker and many others.
Farmers play cards at the next table and snooker in the adjoining room.
If he'd had a snooker cue, he would have blown suavely on the tip.
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