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snooker Definition

snooker (sno̵okər)

noun

a variety of the game of pool played with fifteen red balls and six other balls

Etymology: < ?

transitive verb

  1. to make a direct shot impossible for (an opponent in snooker)
  2. Informal to thwart or defeat
  3. Slang to deceive

snooker Usage Examples

Object

  • ball: The rules clearly state that it is the ball nearest the cue ball that is considered to be the snookering ball.

Converse of object

  • lay: Stevens has laid an excellent snooker on the green.
  • play: He knows how to play snooker - you just watch him next time he's on the box.
  • watch: I also take him to his club twice a week where he watches snooker.
  • need: Now Murphy needs a snooker, he's gone in off his safety shot.
  • get: Let's get the snooker questions out of the way early doors.
  • include: There are full details of the historic issue, commemorating the 18th SEA Games in 1995, which included snooker for the first time.

Adjective modifier

  • professional: Jamie Burnett made the highest ever break in the history of professional snooker.
  • good: Morris went ahead once more, but with his back to the wall Jones produced his best snooker.
  • Welsh: Had he not left Wales it is likely he would have dominated the Welsh snooker and billiards championships for many years.

Preposition: on

  • red: Stevens has produced a great escape from a snooker on the last red, he still leads by 24 on this last red.

Modifies a noun

  • cue: I hit him with a snooker cue, he hit me in the face.
  • table: You can play Snooker on a full sized snooker table or on a large Pool table.
  • champion: Steve Davis, former world snooker champion will also attend the event.
  • hall: Out of the snooker hall, down the long corridor.
  • ace: Small Talk has been informed that you're a bit of a snooker ace.
  • championship: When were the world snooker championships first staged at the Crucible?

Noun used with modifier

  • size: There is a full size snooker table in the Lee Room.
  • world: Steve Davis, former world snooker champion will also attend the event.
  • play: I'd rather do anything else than play snooker.
snooker Quotes

Billiards is very similar to snooker, except there are only three balls and no one watches it.

—Davis, Steve

If I had to make the choice between staying married and playing snooker, snooker would win.

—Reardon, Ray

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