snooker

/หˆsnuหkษ™(ษน)/

IPA: /S N UH1 K ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.

  2. 2

    The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit the required ball with it.

verb
  1. 1

    To play the game of snooker.

  2. 2

    To fool or bamboozle.

  3. 3

    To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.

  4. 4

    (by extension) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.

  5. 5

    To become or cause to become inebriated.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snooker