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Definition of snooker noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

snooker

noun
 
/ˈsnuːkə(r)/
 
/ˈsnuːkər/
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  1. [uncountable] a game for two people played on a long table covered with green cloth. Players use cues (= long sticks) to hit a white ball against other balls (15 red and 6 of other colours) in order to get the coloured balls into pockets at the edge of the table, in a particular set order.
    • to play snooker
    • a game of snooker
    • a snooker hall/player/table
    • The ex-miner stunned the snooker world by winning his first tournament.
    • We played a couple of frames of snooker in the evening.
    compare billiards, poolTopics Sports: other sportsc2, Games and toysc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • professional
    … of snooker
    • frame
    • game
    verb + snooker
    • play
    snooker + noun
    • ball
    • cue
    • table
    • …
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  2. [countable] a position in snooker in which one player has made it very difficult for the opponent to play a shot within the rulesTopics Sports: other sportsc2
    3. Word Originlate 19th cent.: of unknown origin.
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