snooker
To play the game of snookerTo play the game of snooker.
» Tom lost to Mary at snooker.
mccarras · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(intransitive)To play the game of snooker.
(transitive)To fool or bamboozle.
fool or dupe
(ambitransitive)To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
(broadly, transitive)To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
(transitive)To cause to become inebriated.
Examples
3 sentencesTom lost to Mary at snooker.
Yanni used to be addicted to playing snooker.
Some blue chalk fell from the tip of the snooker cue on to the green baize.
deVon der Spitze des Snookercues fiel blaue Kreide auf den grünen Tischüberzug. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Forms
snookers, snookering, snookered, snookeredWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.