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See also:Snooker

English

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Etymology

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Noun

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snooker (countable anduncountable,pluralsnookers)

  1. Acue sport, popular in the UK and otherCommonwealth of Nations countries.
  2. (snooker, pool) The situation where thecue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.
    She put her opponent in asnooker.

Derived terms

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Translations

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cue sport

Verb

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snooker (third-person singular simple presentsnookers,present participlesnookering,simple past and past participlesnookered)

  1. (intransitive) To play the game of snooker.(Can we add anexample for this sense? )
  2. (transitive) To fool orbamboozle.
    • 2018, Ezra Klein, “Paul Ryan's Long Con”, inVox.com[1]:
      But to critics like the New York Times's Paul Krugman, Ryan was an obvious con man weaponizing the deficit to hamstring Obama's presidency, weaken the recovery, andsnooker Beltway centrists eager to champion a reasonable-seeming Republican.
    • 2023 August 6, Daniel Duane, “It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask.”, inThe New York Times[2]:
      Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough tosnooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.
  3. (transitive, snooker, pool) To place thecue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
  4. (transitive, by extension) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
    • 2023 July 12, Ben Jones, “'Thunderbirds' are go on the ECML...”, inRAIL, number987, page34:
      Sam McDougall, Operations Director for NR's East Coast Route, explains: "Until recently, if anything went wrong in the two-track section between Stoke and Doncaster, we weresnookered.
  5. To become or cause to becomeinebriated.(Can we add anexample for this sense? )

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishsnooker.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snooker m (pluralsnookers,diminutivesnookertje n)

  1. snooker

Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishsnooker.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsnuːker/,[ˈs̠nuːk̟e̞r]
  • IPA(key): /ˈsnuːkːer/,[ˈs̠nuːkːe̞r]
  • Rhymes:-uːker

Noun

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snooker

  1. snooker

Declension

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Inflection ofsnooker (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominativesnookersnookerit
genitivesnookerinsnookerien
snookereiden
snookereitten
partitivesnookeriasnookereita
snookereja
illativesnookeriinsnookereihin
singularplural
nominativesnookersnookerit
accusativenom.snookersnookerit
gen.snookerin
genitivesnookerinsnookerien
snookereiden
snookereitten
partitivesnookeriasnookereita
snookereja
inessivesnookerissasnookereissa
elativesnookeristasnookereista
illativesnookeriinsnookereihin
adessivesnookerillasnookereilla
ablativesnookeriltasnookereilta
allativesnookerillesnookereille
essivesnookerinasnookereina
translativesnookeriksisnookereiksi
abessivesnookerittasnookereitta
instructivesnookerein
comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms ofsnooker(Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
third-person possessor
singularplural
nominativesnookerinsasnookerinsa
accusativenom.snookerinsasnookerinsa
gen.snookerinsa
genitivesnookerinsasnookeriensa
snookereidensa
snookereittensa
partitivesnookeriaan
snookeriansa
snookereitaan
snookerejaan
snookereitansa
snookerejansa
inessivesnookerissaan
snookerissansa
snookereissaan
snookereissansa
elativesnookeristaan
snookeristansa
snookereistaan
snookereistansa
illativesnookeriinsasnookereihinsa
adessivesnookerillaan
snookerillansa
snookereillaan
snookereillansa
ablativesnookeriltaan
snookeriltansa
snookereiltaan
snookereiltansa
allativesnookerilleen
snookerillensa
snookereilleen
snookereillensa
essivesnookerinaan
snookerinansa
snookereinaan
snookereinansa
translativesnookerikseen
snookeriksensa
snookereikseen
snookereiksensa
abessivesnookerittaan
snookerittansa
snookereittaan
snookereittansa
instructive
comitativesnookereineen
snookereinensa

Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishsnooker.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snooker m (pluralsnookers)

  1. snooker

Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishsnooker.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsnu.kɛr/
  • Rhymes:-ukɛr
  • Syllabification:snoo‧ker

Noun

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snooker inan

  1. snooker(cue sport)

Declension

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Declension ofsnooker
singular
nominativesnooker
genitivesnookera
dativesnookerowi
accusativesnooker
instrumentalsnookerem
locativesnookerze
vocativesnookerze

Further reading

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  • snooker inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • snooker in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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