snooker

indénombrable

A cue sport played on a baize-covered table with 15 red balls, six colored balls, and a cue ball, where players aim to pot balls in a specific order.

• 🇫🇷Jeu de billard qui se joue sur une table recouverte de drap avec 15 boules rouges, six boules de couleur et une boule blanche, où les joueurs cherchent à empoisonner les boules dans un ordre précis.

1. Cue sport B1 formal sport

   A game played on a large baize-covered table with pockets, using a cue and balls, where players aim to pot red balls and colored balls in a specific order.

   • He spends every weekend playing snooker at the local club.
   • The world snooker championship is a major sporting event.
   • She learned the rules of snooker from her grandfather.

   🇫🇷snooker

• snookers plural form
• snookers' possessive plural form
• snooker's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to prevent someone from achieving something or to place someone in a difficult position, often used in the context of the game of snooker where a player is blocked from making a direct shot.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant empêcher quelqu'un d'atteindre son but ou le mettre dans une situation difficile, souvent utilisé dans le contexte du jeu de snooker où le joueur se voit bloquer la possibilité de frapper directement la bille.

1. Leave opponent unable to shoot directly B2 formal sport

   In snooker or billiards, to position the cue ball so that the opponent cannot hit the required ball directly.

   • He snookered his opponent behind the black ball.
   • She was completely snookered and had to play a safety shot.
   • The player skillfully snookered his rival, winning the frame.

   🇫🇷mettre en position de snooker

   Synonymes: hook

2. Trick or deceive C1 informal british

   To deceive or outwit someone, often in a clever or cunning way.

   • He felt snookered by the fine print in the contract.
   • The salesman snookered me into buying a faulty product.
   • She was snookered into believing his false promises.

   🇫🇷Duper, tromper

   Synonymes: bamboozlecheatdeceivedupefoolgullhoodwinkoutwitswindletrick

• snookered past participle
• snookered past simple
• snookering present participle
• snookers third person singular