snooker1 nounsnooker2 verb
snookersnoo‧ker1 /ˈsnuːkə $ ˈsnʊkər/ noun [uncountable] 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But Edwards had a love for sports, too, playing tennis, snooker, soccer.
- Cricket can be boring when Botham behaves, and snooker needs Alex Higgins even if it does not like to say so.
- Finally, I admit our shared deficiency: that of not being very good at snooker.
- He's forgotten how to play snooker.
- Hendry missed a red three times from a snooker in the sixth and lost by eight points as his rival levelled.
- Lorton spent the evening drinking bottled Guinness and watching snooker on the television.
- She slashed wildly at the ball with the edge of the bat, and the ball bounced under the snooker table.
WORD SETS
aerobics, nounangler, nounangling, nounaquaplane, verbaquaplane, nounarcher, nounarchery, nounascent, nounathletics, nounbackboard, nounbadminton, nounbag, nounbag, verbbait, nounbait, verbbalance beam, nounballooning, nounbantamweight, nounbarbell, nounbasket, nounbasketball, nounbaton, nounbeam, nounbeat, verbbeater, nounbig game, nounbird dog, nounbirdie, nounbite, nounblack belt, nounblade, nounblind, nounblood sport, nounbobsleigh, nounbody building, nounbowling, nounboxing, nounbull, nounbullfight, nounbullring, nouncaber, nouncalisthenics, nouncallisthenics, nouncartwheel, nouncast, verbcast, nouncaving, nouncentre, nouncheckered flag, nounchin-up, nouncircuit, nounclay pigeon shooting, nounclimb, verbclimb, nounclimber, nounclimbing, nounclose season, nouncock fight, nouncockpit, nounconquer, verbconversion, nouncorner, nouncrew, nouncroquet, nouncross, nouncross-country, nouncurling, noundecathlon, noundecoy, noundirt track, noundiscus, noundogfight, noundrag race, noundumbbell, noundunk, verbeight, numberexercise, nounexercise, verbexercise bike, nounface-off, nounfalconer, nounfalconry, nounfall, nounfeather, verbfeatherweight, nounfeint, verbfence, verbfencer, nounfencing, nounfield event, nounfield goal, nounfield hockey, nounfigure, nounfigure skating, nounflat racing, nounfloat, nounfloor, verbfly, nounflyfishing, nounfly half, nounflyweight, nounfoil, nounfoothold, nounforward, nounforward roll, nounfoxhunting, nounfun run, nounGaelic football, noungaff, noungame, noungliding, noungo-cart, noungo-kart, noungrand master, nounGrand Prix, noungrid, nounground bait, nounguard, noungym, noungymnast, noungymnastics, nounhandball, nounhang-gliding, nounheadlock, nounheadstand, nounhealth club, nounheavyweight, nounhockey, nounhold, nounhoming pigeon, nounhook, nounhook, verbhot dog, verbhound, nounhunt, verbhunt, nounhunter, nounhunting, nounhunting ground, nounhuntress, nounhunt saboteur, nounhuntsman, nounhurdle, nounhurdle, verbhurling, nounice hockey, nounice rink, nounice skate, nounice-skate, verbinside track, nounisometrics, nounjack, nounjavelin, nounjog, verbjog, nounjogger, nounjogging, nounjudo, nounjujitsu, nounkarate, nounkeeper, nounkickboxing, nounknockout, nounknock-up, nounkung fu, nounlacrosse, nounlanding net, nounlawn bowling, nounlawn tennis, nounlay-up, nounleague, nounlight heavyweight, nounlightweight, nounline-out, nounlock, nounlodge, nounlure, nounmarathon, nounmartial art, nounmat, nounmeet, nounmiddle-distance, adjectivemiddleweight, nounmiler, nounmountaineer, nounmountaineering, nounnet, verbninepins, nounnursery slope, nounobstacle course, nounobstacle race, nounone-two, nounopen season, nounorienteering, nounoutpoint, verbpaddle, nounparagliding, nounparallel bars, nounparasailing, nounparascending, nounpentathlon, nounpicador, nounpin, nounPing-Pong, nounpiste, nounpiton, nounpit stop, nounpole position, nounpolo, nounpommel horse, nounpotholing, nounpress-up, nounprizefight, nounpuck, nounpunch-drunk, adjectivepurse, nounpush-up, nounquarry, nounrace, nounrace car, nounracing car, nounracquetball, nounrally, nounrider, nounrink, nounrock climbing, nounrod, nounround, nounrounders, nounrowing, nounruck, nounrugby, nounRugby League, nounRugby Union, nounrugger, nounrun, verbrun, nounrunner, nounrunning, nounsailboard, nounsailing, nounscramble, nounscrum, nounscrumhalf, nounshadow boxing, nounshoot, verbshooting, nounshot put, nounshuttlecock, nounsit-up, nounskate, nounskate, verbskateboard, nounskating, nounskating rink, nounskeet shooting, nounski, nounski, verbski boot, nounskier, nounskiing, nounski jump, nounski lift, nounskin-diving, nounski pole, nounski run, nounskydiving, nounslalom, nounslow-pitch, nounsnare, nounsnare, verbsnooker, nounsnowboard, nounsoftball, nounspeed skating, nounspeedway, nounspeleology, nounspinner, nounsprint, nounsprinter, nounsquash, nounstar jump, nounsteeplechase, nounstep, nounstrike, nounstroke, nounsumo, nounsurf, verbsurfboard, nounsurfing, nountable tennis, nounT'ai Chi, nounT-ball, nountenpin, nountenpin bowling, nounthrow, verbtoehold, nountouchdown, nountouch football, nountouchline, nountrack, nountrack and field, nountrack event, nountrack meet, nountraining, nountrampoline, nountrap, nountrapeze, nountravel, verbtraverse, nountriathlon, nountriple jump, nountry, nountug-of-war, nountumble, verbtumbling, nounvelodrome, nounvolleyball, nounwater polo, nounwater skiing, nounweigh-in, nounweight, nounweightlifting, nounwelterweight, nounwind-surfing, nounwinter sports, nounwrestler, nounwrestling, nounyacht, nounyardarm, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
They meet up every Friday to play snooker.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
They meet up every Friday to play snooker.· He was bouncing around like a ping-pong ball.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Fat Vince doubles as the popular and permissive assistant-manager of a snooker hall in Victoria.
· On the lower ground floor you pass through the snooker room, the ballroom and a store room.· The table in the snooker room is waterlogged, its baize stained and its wooden sides cracked.
· She slashed wildly at the ball with the edge of the bat, and the ball bounced under the snooker table.· Nowadays, prisons are like leisure complexes, with snooker tables and televisions.· A small snooker table requires to be re-covered.· She hacked at the ball, which bounced along the snooker table and rolled into a pocket.· His desk was roughly the size of a championship snooker table.· The snooker table stood, dark and forlorn, in the centre of the room.· Park Methodist Day Centre, Middlesbrough, £500, towards the purchase of a snooker table.· At twelve, I acquired a snooker table, and became cross-eyed as I perfected my strokes.
VERB· He's forgotten how to play snooker.· But Edwards had a love for sports, too, playing tennis, snooker, soccer.· Some of them must be playing snooker three and four times a week in two or three different leagues.· He played snooker one-handed, and swam.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a game played especially in Britain on a special table covered in green cloth, in which two people use long sticks to hit coloured balls into holes at the sides and corners of the tablesnooker table/room/hall- And time is measured out by the di-dock, di-dock of a Ping-pong table.
- By the production line stand basketball nets and ping-pong tables for use during breaks.
- Gretel, looking half awake, was standing on the other side of the Ping-Pong table.
- In front of the platform stood a pair of billiard tables, as shown overleaf.
- Leaning against the Ping-Pong table, he picked up the stethoscope and felt its peculiar rubbery tubes.
- She slashed wildly at the ball with the edge of the bat, and the ball bounced under the snooker table.
- The room was bare except for a ping-pong table on folding trestle legs.
- The youth leader conveyed her thanks for the re-covering of the snooker table.
They meet up every Friday to play snooker.snooker1 nounsnooker2 verb
snookersnooker2 verb [transitive] British English informal to make it impossible for someone to do what they want to do: If the council refuses our planning application, we’re snookered.GRAMMAR Snooker is usually passive.