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# snooker

noun (snooker — a game, uncountable; a snooker — a position in the game); verb (snooker, snookers, snookered, snookering)

«snooker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A game played on a large table covered in green cloth, where players hit coloured balls into pockets with a long stick called a cue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#m1)
2. In that game, a position where a ball blocks the shot you need to play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#m2)
3. (informal, UK, Australia) To snooker someone is to trick them or put them in a position where they cannot do anything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#m3)
4. (informal) «Snookered» means stuck, beaten or trapped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#m4)

### In the lessons

Snooker is a popular sport on television in the UK, Ireland and Australia. Its scoring uses points: red balls are worth 1 and the coloured balls 2 to 7, which makes simple adding problems. In everyday talk «I'm snookered» means «I'm stuck and there's no way out». Phrases: «play snooker», «snooker table», «snooker cue», «be snookered».

### Examples

- My uncle plays snooker at the club on Fridays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x1)
- The snooker table has six pockets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x2)
- She potted a red ball and then the black in the game of snooker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x3)
- A red ball is worth one point and the black is worth seven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x4)
- He left his opponent in a snooker behind the blue ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x5)
- I've spent all my pocket money, so I'm snookered for the school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x6)
- They snookered us by changing the rules at the last minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x7)
- We watched the snooker final on TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x8)

### Note

As a game it is uncountable: «play snooker», not «play a snooker». «Snooker» is different from «pool» and «billiards», though all use a cue and balls. In maths problems, add the values of balls potted: red = 1, yellow = 2, green = 3, brown = 4, blue = 5, pink = 6, black = 7. «Snookered» is informal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «snooker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«snooker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/snooker.html) on Mova free.