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🎱 A cue sport 🕵️ To trick 🚫 To block a shot
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8.0
To leave an opponent unable to hit the ball directly by hiding the cue ball behind another ball
  • verb
  • /ˈsnuːkər/
  • UK
translation icon : dejar sin tiro
  • After playing several shots, he successfully snookered his opponent, leaving them with no direct shot at the object ball.

Examples

  • During the match, she snookered her rival, making it impossible for them to hit the object ball accurately.

  • They snookered him before, and they have set him up to snooker him again.

    Blog text (12)

  • Opponent Craig Waddingham had the first chance in the decider after a dry break from Barton, but snookered himself with two reds remaining.

    Blog text (30)

  • In the final round of the championship, he managed to snooker his opponent by blocking the cue ball with a strategically placed red ball.

Antonyms

to enable
459 2.3

To give someone the ability or chance to do something

Compounds

snooker table
  • UK
3.4

A large rectangular table with green cloth and six pockets for playing snooker

Surface Forms

snooker infinitive
snookered past
snookered past participle
snookering present participle
snookers third person singular

Etymology

Snooker in the game means to place the cue ball so the opponent cannot make a 'direct shot' at the object ball, leaving them blocked and giving you the advantage.