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   snooker

   /ˈsnuːkə/

   noun

   • 1. a game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a cue ball (white) to pocket the other balls (fifteen red and six coloured) in a set order: "a snooker hall"
   • ▪ a position in a game of snooker or pool in which a player cannot make a direct shot at any permitted ball: "he needed a snooker to have a chance of winning the frame"

   verb

   • 1. subject (oneself or one's opponent) to a snooker: "he potted yellow and green, and then snookered Davis on the brown"
   • ▪ leave (someone) in a difficult position; thwart: "I managed to lose my flat keys—that was me snookered"
   • ▪ trick, entice, or trap: "they were snookered into buying books at prices that were too high"

   Word Origin late 19th century: of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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