snookernoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsnuː.kər/us/ˈsnuː.kɚ/a game played, especially in the UK, by two people in which cues (= long, thin poles) are used to hit 15 red balls and six balls of different colours into six holes around a table covered in soft cloth in a fixed order
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pool noun
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Snooker, pool & billiards
- baize
- billiards
- break
- cue
- cue ball
- frame
- pool
- pot
- rack
- shoot
- triangle
snookerverb [ T ]
uk/ˈsnuː.kər/us/ˈsnuː.kɚ/UK informal to prevent someone from finishing an intended plan of action:
We had intended to go driving around Scotland, but unless I can get my licence we're snookered.
US informal to deceive or trick someone
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Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- hold/keep sb/sth at bay idiom
- holding pattern
- impede
- prevention
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- scuttle
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