snooker

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
2. noun The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.

   She put her opponent in a snooker.

3. verb To play the game of snooker. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. verb To fool or bamboozle.
5. verb To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
6. verb To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
7. verb To cause to become inebriated. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

billiard billiards snooker ball cue sport snooker table white cuesport bank shot color cueball

Often followed by

table and player room balls tables hall club players

Word family

snookered snookering snookers