snooker

snooker

See also: Snooker

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sno͞oʹkə(r), IPA^(key): /ˈsnuːkə(ɹ)/
• (General American) enPR: sno͝oʹkər, IPA^(key): /ˈsnʊkɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːkə(ɹ), -ʊkə(ɹ)

Noun

snooker (countable and uncountable, plural snookers)

1. A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
2. (snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.

   She put her opponent in a snooker.

Derived terms

• Savile snooker
• volunteer snooker

Translations

cue sport

Afrikaans: snoeker Albanian: lojë biliardo Amharic: ስኑከር (sənukär) Arabic: سْنُوكَر‎ m (snukar), سْنُوكَر‎ m (snūkar) Armenian: սնուկեր (hy) (snuker) Azerbaijani: bilardo Basque: billarra Belarusian: сну́кер m (snúkjer) Bengali: স্নুকার (snukar) Bulgarian: сну́кър m (snúkǎr) Catalan: billar (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 士碌架 (yue) (si6 luk1 gaa3-2) Mandarin: 斯諾克／斯诺克 (zh) (sīnuòkè), 桌球 (zh) (zhuōqiú) Czech: kulečník m Danish: snooker Dutch: snooker (nl) Estonian: snuuker Finnish: snooker (fi) French: billard (fr) m Galician: sinuca f Georgian: სნუკერი (snuḳeri) German: Snooker (de) Greek: σνούκερ m (snoúker) Gujarati: સ્નૂકર n (snūkar) Haitian Creole: biyar, snooke Hebrew: סנוקר‎ (he) m (snoqr) Hindi: स्नूकर (snūkar) Hungarian: sznúker Icelandic: snóker Indonesian: menipu (id), memperdaya (id) Irish: snúcar m Italian: biliardo (it) m, stecca (it) f Japanese: スヌーカー (ja) (sunūkā) Kannada: ಸ್ನೂಕರ್ (snūkar) Kazakh: снукер (snuker) Khmer: កីឡាស្នុកឃ័រ (kəylaahnukkhɔə) Korean: 스누커 (seunukeo) Kyrgyz: снукер (snuker) Latvian: snūkers Lithuanian: snukeris m, biliardas (lt) f Macedonian: снукер m (snuker) Malay: snuker Manx: snooker m Maori: piriota Mongolian: снукер (snuker) Oriya: ସ୍ନୁକର (snukôrô) Pashto: سنوکر‎ (snuker) Persian: اسنوکر‎ (esnuker) Polish: snooker (pl) m Portuguese: sinuca (pt) f Romanian: răsturna (ro) Russian: сну́кер (ru) m (snúker), билья́рд (ru) m (bilʹjárd) Samoan: snuke Scottish Gaelic: snucair m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: снукер m Roman: snooker m, snuker m Sinhalese: ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ මලල (jyeṣṭha malala) Slovak: gulečník m Slovene: snooker m Spanish: billar (es) m Swedish: snooker (sv) Tagalog: snuker Tamil: ஸ்னூக்கர் (sṉūkkar) Telugu: స్నూకర్ (snūkar) Tetum: sinuka Thai: เฟรม (fraym) Tongan: sinuka Turkish: bir tür bilardo Ukrainian: сну́кер m (snúker) Uzbek: snuker (uz), bilyard (uz) Vietnamese: bi da Welsh: snwcer (cy) m Xhosa: yeebhola Yiddish: סנוקער‎ (snuker)

Verb

snooker (third-person singular simple present snookers, present participle snookering, simple past and past participle snookered)

1. (intransitive) To play the game of snooker. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (transitive) To fool or bamboozle.
   • 2018, Ezra Klein, “Paul Ryan's Long Con”, in Vox.com‎:

     But to critics like the New York Times's Paul Krugman, Ryan was an obvious con man weaponizing the deficit to hamstring Obama's presidency, weaken the recovery, and snooker Beltway centrists eager to champion a reasonable-seeming Republican.

3. (transitive, snooker, pool) To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
4. (transitive, by extension) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
5. To become or cause to become inebriated. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

See also

• billiards
• pool

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English snooker.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: snoo‧ker
• Rhymes: -ukər

Noun

snooker m (plural snookers, diminutive snookertje n)

1. snooker

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• snuukkeri (colloquial)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English snooker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnuːker/, [ˈs̠nuːke̞r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsnuːkːer/, [ˈs̠nuːkːe̞r]

Noun

snooker

1. snooker

Declension

Inflection of snooker (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		snooker	snookerit
genitive		snookerin	snookerien snookereiden snookereitten
partitive		snookeria	snookereita snookereja
illative		snookeriin	snookereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		snooker	snookerit
accusative	nom.	snooker	snookerit
	gen.	snookerin
genitive		snookerin	snookerien snookereiden snookereitten
partitive		snookeria	snookereita snookereja
inessive		snookerissa	snookereissa
elative		snookerista	snookereista
illative		snookeriin	snookereihin
adessive		snookerilla	snookereilla
ablative		snookerilta	snookereilta
allative		snookerille	snookereille
essive		snookerina	snookereina
translative		snookeriksi	snookereiksi
instructive		—	snookerein
abessive		snookeritta	snookereitta
comitative		—	snookereineen

Possessive forms of snooker (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	snookerini	snookerimme
2nd person	snookerisi	snookerinne
3rd person	snookerinsa

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English snooker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snu.kœʁ/

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Noun

snooker m (plural snookers)

1. snooker

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Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English snooker.

Noun

snooker m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. snooker

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
snooker	nooker after "yn", tnooker	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English snooker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnu.kɛr/
• Rhymes: -ukɛr
• Syllabification: snoo‧ker

Noun

snooker m inan

1. snooker

Declension

Declension of snooker

	singular	plural
nominative	snooker	snookery
genitive	snookera	snookerów
dative	snookerowi	snookerom
accusative	snooker	snookery
instrumental	snookerem	snookerami
locative	snookerze	snookerach
vocative	snookerze	snookery

Further reading

• snooker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• snooker in Polish dictionaries at PWN