snooker

Speech parts

1. snooker - Noun

2. snooker - Verb

Meaning

a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball

leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot

fool or dupe

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

scotch euchre rook gull swindle diddle prevent checkers cozen stop block defeat pool chess trick
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Antonyms

aid assist admit acknowledge assent aggravate
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Hypernyms

fox play fob pool trick flim-flam

Phrases with the word

snooker tables game like snooker recreation room with a snooker table room with a snooker table snooker club snooker hall

Examples

My dad's method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf, cricket but I loved my snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right. Clive James

The improved performances at Commonwealth Games, London Olympics and world tournaments by chess, billiards, snooker badminton and tennis players are evidence of the improved progress that we have made. Anil Kumble

I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits. Mark Gatiss

People have been to jail when they're innocent. I knew I would never miss a single ball on a snooker table on purpose and, until then, I was sure the evidence would support me. John Higgins

The most important thing, the biggest love of my life, is my snooker. I've never been so emotionally ingrained in something - in a person, an object, anything - as I have in snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan

Close letter words and terms

snooded snoof snook snooker ball snooker club snooker hall