snooker
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsnʊkɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
snookerpool
The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.
verb
Fool or dupe
“He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk.”
transitive
To fool or bamboozle.
transitiveby extension
To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
To become or cause to become inebriated.
intransitive
To play the game of snooker.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
Used this way, snooker is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a sporting use: familiar to anyone who follows the game, and puzzling to anyone who does not.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Sports
- News/reporting
- Everyday conversation
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- “He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk.”verb
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Inflected forms
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Large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters.
Compound terms
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Game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played.
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