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English

Etymology

From snook + -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Snooker

Singular snooker

Plural snookers

snooker (plural snookers)

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

Verb

Infinitive to snooker

Third person singular snookers

Simple past snookered

Past participle snookered

Present participle snookering

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

  1. To play snooker.
  2. To fool or bamboozle.
  3. (snooker, pool) To place the cue ball in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit his/her required ball with it.
  4. To become or cause to become inebriated.

See also

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: Snooker

Wikipedia nl

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

snooker m. (plural snookers)

  1. snooker

French

Noun

snooker m. (plural snookers)

  1. snooker

 

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