snooker

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 1.5 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From snook + -er.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: sno͞o'kə(r), IPA: /ˈsnuːkə(r)/, SAMPA: /"snu:k@(r)/

  Rhymes: -uːkə(r)

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

snooker (plural snookers)

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

[edit] Verb

to snooker (third-person singular simple present snookers, present participle snookering, simple past and past participle snookered)

1. To play snooker.
2. To fool or bamboozle.
3. (snooker, pool) To place the cue ball in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit his/her required ball with it.
4. To become or cause to become inebriated.

[edit] See also

• billiards
• pool

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Etymology

Borrowed from English.

[edit] Noun

snooker m. (plural snookers)

1. snooker

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[edit] French

[edit] Noun

snooker m. (plural snookers)

1. snooker