snookern.²

Brit.

/ˈsnuːkə/, U.S.

/ˈsnukər/

Etymology: Of obscure origin.It is commonly held that the word represents an allusive use of snooker n.¹ a newly joined cadet, first applied to the game by Col. Sir Neville Chamberlain (1856–1944), a subaltern in the Devonshire Regiment stationed at Jabalpur in central India in 1875, with reference to the rawness of the play of a fellow officer. The story is often repeated, e.g. in The Times (1980) 29 Dec. 9.

A game, played with balls on a billiard table, combining pool and pyramids. Also snooker('s) pool.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun]

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nine-ball1915

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > varieties of game

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snooker('s) pool1889

puff billiards1897

kelly1898

slosh1938

bar billiards1966

1889 A. W. Drayson Art Pract. Billiards 110 The game of snooker.

1896 W. J. Ford in W. Broadfoot et al. Billiards (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 424 Snooker—or to give it its full title, Snooker's Pool—is a hybrid game, half pool and half pyramids.

1905 A. I. R. Glasfurd Rifle in Indian Jungle 70 The old Doctor and we two, after several games of ‘Snookers’, had passed into the ante-room.

Derivatives

ˈsnooker v. (see quots.); also figurative (chiefly passive), to place in an impossible position; to balk, ‘stymie’.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse

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stalec1470

set1577

stallc1591

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snooker1889

stymie1902

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dead-end1921

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [verb (intransitive)] > actions or types of play

carambole1775

string1814

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to make a baulk1839

star1839

push1851

to play for safety1857

run1857

carom1860

to knock the balls about1864

miscue1889

snooker1889

break1893

scratch1909

to call one's shot1953

1889 A. W. Drayson Art Pract. Billiards 111 If each pool ball is covered by a pyramid ball, the player is said to be ‘snookered’.

1896 W. J. Ford in W. Broadfoot et al. Billiards (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 426 If the striker is by law obliged to play on a red ball or on a coloured ball, but..is unable to do so directly, he is said to be snookered.

1915 Morning Post 8 Apr. 5/1 If we had fired the Germans might have sent up a light and then we should have been snookered all right.

1925 N. Venner Imperfect Impostor xii ‘I can't see any solution,’ he said. ‘I'm snookered.’

1927 C. Mackenzie Vestal Fire i. i. 5 One of the recognized amusements of a Sirene dinner-party was to try to snooker Joseph R. Neave over Dante.

1970 K. Giles Death in Church iii. 65 In France they might have had a chance..but here they were snookered.

ˈsnookered adj.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > completely stuck or at an impasse

stalec1470

blank1542

enterprised1560

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blanked1611

stymied1862

deadlocked1880

stalemated1903

banjaxed1939

snookered1961

gridlock1983

1961 J. R. White Sports Rules Encycl. iii. 86 If a snookered player, seeking to hit a ball he is on, fails to hit any ball on the table, he is fouled.

ˈsnookering n.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > thwarting or being thwarted

confoundinga1450

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discomfiting1826

bafflement1841

derailment1896

snookering1935

1935 Times 5 Oct. 5/6 The snookering all through was clever.

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In this game: the placement of the balls in such a way that the object ball is blocked by another and cannot be struck directly by the cue ball; a shot which achieves this placement.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > positions of balls

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke

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snooker1924

1924 W. Smith How to play Snooker vi. 67 If you can contrive to leave a snooker, so much the better.

1936 J. Davis Improve Your Snooker xi. 57 If a snooker will pay you better than attempting to pot a ball, then by all means snooker your opponent.

1965 Billiards & Snooker (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) (ed. 5) 28/2 If no snooker is possible.., the mere fact of having placed the cue ball far away from the ball ‘on’ handicaps the opponent.

1986 Snooker Scene July 19/2 Leading 10-8, Harris was well placed to go three in front again with Grennan needing a snooker on the green.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	snooker
释义	snookern.¹ Brit. /ˈsnuːkə/, U.S. /ˈsnukər/ Woolwich slang. A newly joined cadet. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > student cadet cadet1775 plebe1833 pleb1838 beast1871 snooker1872 yearling1885 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 148/1 These embryo generals..were called by the somewhat sneering terms of ‘snookers’ or ‘last-joined’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). snookern.² Brit. /ˈsnuːkə/, U.S. /ˈsnukər/ Etymology: Of obscure origin.It is commonly held that the word represents an allusive use of snooker n.¹ a newly joined cadet, first applied to the game by Col. Sir Neville Chamberlain (1856–1944), a subaltern in the Devonshire Regiment stationed at Jabalpur in central India in 1875, with reference to the rawness of the play of a fellow officer. The story is often repeated, e.g. in The Times (1980) 29 Dec. 9. A game, played with balls on a billiard table, combining pool and pyramids. Also snooker('s) pool. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] billiards1591 pool1797 snooker1889 pill1896 nine-ball1915 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > varieties of game carambole1775 portobello1777 carambole game1807 go-back game1839 pyramid1850 pin pool1864 shell-out1866 pocket billiards1871 pocket pool1877 snooker('s) pool1889 puff billiards1897 kelly1898 slosh1938 bar billiards1966 1889 A. W. Drayson Art Pract. Billiards 110 The game of snooker. 1896 W. J. Ford in W. Broadfoot et al. Billiards (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 424 Snooker—or to give it its full title, Snooker's Pool—is a hybrid game, half pool and half pyramids. 1905 A. I. R. Glasfurd Rifle in Indian Jungle 70 The old Doctor and we two, after several games of ‘Snookers’, had passed into the ante-room. Derivatives ˈsnooker v. (see quots.); also figurative (chiefly passive), to place in an impossible position; to balk, ‘stymie’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse checkmatea1400 stalec1470 set1577 stallc1591 embog1602 nonplus1605 stalemate1765 stump1807 pound1827 to stick up1853 snooker1889 stymie1902 biff1915 dead-end1921 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [verb (intransitive)] > actions or types of play carambole1775 string1814 cannon1825 to make a baulk1839 star1839 push1851 to play for safety1857 run1857 carom1860 to knock the balls about1864 miscue1889 snooker1889 break1893 break1893 scratch1909 to call one's shot1953 1889 A. W. Drayson Art Pract. Billiards 111 If each pool ball is covered by a pyramid ball, the player is said to be ‘snookered’. 1896 W. J. Ford in W. Broadfoot et al. Billiards (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 426 If the striker is by law obliged to play on a red ball or on a coloured ball, but..is unable to do so directly, he is said to be snookered. 1915 Morning Post 8 Apr. 5/1 If we had fired the Germans might have sent up a light and then we should have been snookered all right. 1925 N. Venner Imperfect Impostor xii ‘I can't see any solution,’ he said. ‘I'm snookered.’ 1927 C. Mackenzie Vestal Fire i. i. 5 One of the recognized amusements of a Sirene dinner-party was to try to snooker Joseph R. Neave over Dante. 1970 K. Giles Death in Church iii. 65 In France they might have had a chance..but here they were snookered. ˈsnookered adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > completely stuck or at an impasse stalec1470 blank1542 enterprised1560 nonplus1589 bogged1605 nonplussed1606 blanked1611 stymied1862 deadlocked1880 stalemated1903 banjaxed1939 snookered1961 gridlock1983 1961 J. R. White Sports Rules Encycl. iii. 86 If a snookered player, seeking to hit a ball he is on, fails to hit any ball on the table, he is fouled. ˈsnookering n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > thwarting or being thwarted confoundinga1450 frustrationa1575 prevention1582 frustrating1640 baffling1689 thwarting1825 discomfiting1826 bafflement1841 derailment1896 snookering1935 1935 Times 5 Oct. 5/6 The snookering all through was clever. Draft additions 1993 In this game: the placement of the balls in such a way that the object ball is blocked by another and cannot be struck directly by the cue ball; a shot which achieves this placement. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > positions of balls frame1868 nursery1869 plant1884 leave1885 set-up1889 snooker1924 pendulum position1927 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke hazard1674 carambole1775 carom1779 cannon1802 screw1825 sidestroke1834 following stroke1837 cannonade1844 five-stroke1847 follow1850 scratch1850 fluke1857 jenny1857 bank shot1859 angle shot1860 draw shot1860 six-stroke1861 run-through1862 spot1868 quill1869 dead-stroke1873 loser1873 push1873 push stroke1873 stab1873 stab screw1873 draw1881 force1881 plant1884 anchor cannon1893 massé1901 angle1902 cradle-cannon1907 pot1907 jump shot1909 carry-along1913 snooker1924 1924 W. Smith How to play Snooker vi. 67 If you can contrive to leave a snooker, so much the better. 1936 J. Davis Improve Your Snooker xi. 57 If a snooker will pay you better than attempting to pot a ball, then by all means snooker your opponent. 1965 Billiards & Snooker (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) (ed. 5) 28/2 If no snooker is possible.., the mere fact of having placed the cue ball far away from the ball ‘on’ handicaps the opponent. 1986 Snooker Scene July 19/2 Leading 10-8, Harris was well placed to go three in front again with Grennan needing a snooker on the green. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1872n.²1889
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