snooker
verb/ˈsnuːkə(r)/
/ˈsnuːkər/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snooker | /ˈsnuːkə(r)/ /ˈsnuːkər/ |
| he / she / it snookers | /ˈsnuːkəz/ /ˈsnuːkərz/ |
| past simple snookered | /ˈsnuːkəd/ /ˈsnuːkərd/ |
| past participle snookered | /ˈsnuːkəd/ /ˈsnuːkərd/ |
| -ing form snookering | /ˈsnuːkərɪŋ/ /ˈsnuːkərɪŋ/ |
- snooker somebody (in the game of snooker) to have your opponent in a snookerTopics Sports: other sportsc2
- snooker somebody/something (British English, informal) to make it impossible for somebody to do something, especially something they want to do
- Any plans I'd had for the weekend were by now well and truly snookered.
- snooker somebody (North American English, informal) to cheat or trick somebody
Word Originlate 19th cent.: of unknown origin.
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