snooker
/ˈsnuːkər/
noun
- A game played on a large table with cues and balls, where players try to hit balls into pockets in a specific order.
- They played snooker at the club every Thursday night.
- Snooker requires a lot of skill and concentration.
- I watched the world snooker championship on television.
verb
- To place an opponent's ball in a position where it cannot be hit directly in the game of snooker.
- She managed to snooker me with a clever safety shot.
- You can snooker someone by leaving the cue ball behind another ball.
- He tried to snooker his opponent behind the blue ball.
- To trick or trap someone into a difficult situation.
- I felt snookered by the unexpected fees.
- Don't let them snooker you with their fine print.
- The salesman snookered us into buying a faulty car.