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snooker (sno̵ok′ər)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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