snooker

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English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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snooker (countable and uncountable, plural snookers)

  1. A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
  2. (snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.
    She put her opponent in a snooker.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To play the game of snooker. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (transitive) To fool or bamboozle.
    • 2018, Ezra Klein, “Paul Ryan's Long Con”, in Vox.com[1]:
      But to critics like the New York Times's Paul Krugman, Ryan was an obvious con man weaponizing the deficit to hamstring Obama's presidency, weaken the recovery, and snooker Beltway centrists eager to champion a reasonable-seeming Republican.
    • 2023, Daniel Duane, “It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask.”, in nytimes.com[2]:
      Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.
  3. (transitive, snooker, pool) To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
  4. (transitive, by extension) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
    • 2023 July 12, Ben Jones, “'Thunderbirds' are go on the ECML...”, in RAIL, number 987, page 34:
      Sam McDougall, Operations Director for NR's East Coast Route, explains: "Until recently, if anything went wrong in the two-track section between Stoke and Doncaster, we were snookered.
  5. To become or cause to become inebriated. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English snooker.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: snoo‧ker
  • Rhymes: -ukər

Noun

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snooker m (plural snookers, diminutive snookertje n)

  1. snooker

Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English snooker.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsnuːker/, [ˈs̠nuːk̟e̞r]
  • IPA(key): /ˈsnuːkːer/, [ˈs̠nuːkːe̞r]

Noun

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snooker

  1. snooker

Declension

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Inflection of snooker (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative snooker snookerit
genitive snookerin snookerien
snookereiden
snookereitten
partitive snookeria snookereita
snookereja
illative snookeriin snookereihin
singular plural
nominative snooker snookerit
accusative nom. snooker snookerit
gen. snookerin
genitive snookerin snookerien
snookereiden
snookereitten
partitive snookeria snookereita
snookereja
inessive snookerissa snookereissa
elative snookerista snookereista
illative snookeriin snookereihin
adessive snookerilla snookereilla
ablative snookerilta snookereilta
allative snookerille snookereille
essive snookerina snookereina
translative snookeriksi snookereiksi
abessive snookeritta snookereitta
instructive snookerein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of snooker (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative snookerini snookerini
accusative nom. snookerini snookerini
gen. snookerini
genitive snookerini snookerieni
snookereideni
snookereitteni
partitive snookeriani snookereitani
snookerejani
inessive snookerissani snookereissani
elative snookeristani snookereistani
illative snookeriini snookereihini
adessive snookerillani snookereillani
ablative snookeriltani snookereiltani
allative snookerilleni snookereilleni
essive snookerinani snookereinani
translative snookerikseni snookereikseni
abessive snookerittani snookereittani
instructive
comitative snookereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative snookerisi snookerisi
accusative nom. snookerisi snookerisi
gen. snookerisi
genitive snookerisi snookeriesi
snookereidesi
snookereittesi
partitive snookeriasi snookereitasi
snookerejasi
inessive snookerissasi snookereissasi
elative snookeristasi snookereistasi
illative snookeriisi snookereihisi
adessive snookerillasi snookereillasi
ablative snookeriltasi snookereiltasi
allative snookerillesi snookereillesi
essive snookerinasi snookereinasi
translative snookeriksesi snookereiksesi
abessive snookerittasi snookereittasi
instructive
comitative snookereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative snookerimme snookerimme
accusative nom. snookerimme snookerimme
gen. snookerimme
genitive snookerimme snookeriemme
snookereidemme
snookereittemme
partitive snookeriamme snookereitamme
snookerejamme
inessive snookerissamme snookereissamme
elative snookeristamme snookereistamme
illative snookeriimme snookereihimme
adessive snookerillamme snookereillamme
ablative snookeriltamme snookereiltamme
allative snookerillemme snookereillemme
essive snookerinamme snookereinamme
translative snookeriksemme snookereiksemme
abessive snookerittamme snookereittamme
instructive
comitative snookereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative snookerinne snookerinne
accusative nom. snookerinne snookerinne
gen. snookerinne
genitive snookerinne snookerienne
snookereidenne
snookereittenne
partitive snookerianne snookereitanne
snookerejanne
inessive snookerissanne snookereissanne
elative snookeristanne snookereistanne
illative snookeriinne snookereihinne
adessive snookerillanne snookereillanne
ablative snookeriltanne snookereiltanne
allative snookerillenne snookereillenne
essive snookerinanne snookereinanne
translative snookeriksenne snookereiksenne
abessive snookerittanne snookereittanne
instructive
comitative snookereinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative snookerinsa snookerinsa
accusative nom. snookerinsa snookerinsa
gen. snookerinsa
genitive snookerinsa snookeriensa
snookereidensa
snookereittensa
partitive snookeriaan
snookeriansa
snookereitaan
snookerejaan
snookereitansa
snookerejansa
inessive snookerissaan
snookerissansa
snookereissaan
snookereissansa
elative snookeristaan
snookeristansa
snookereistaan
snookereistansa
illative snookeriinsa snookereihinsa
adessive snookerillaan
snookerillansa
snookereillaan
snookereillansa
ablative snookeriltaan
snookeriltansa
snookereiltaan
snookereiltansa
allative snookerilleen
snookerillensa
snookereilleen
snookereillensa
essive snookerinaan
snookerinansa
snookereinaan
snookereinansa
translative snookerikseen
snookeriksensa
snookereikseen
snookereiksensa
abessive snookerittaan
snookerittansa
snookereittaan
snookereittansa
instructive
comitative snookereineen
snookereinensa

Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English snooker.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snooker m (plural snookers)

  1. snooker

Manx

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English snooker.

Noun

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snooker m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. snooker

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
snooker nooker
after "yn", tnooker
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English snooker.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsnu.kɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ukɛr
  • Syllabification: snoo‧ker

Noun

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snooker m inan

  1. snooker (cue sport)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • snooker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • snooker in Polish dictionaries at PWN