snooker
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
snooker/ˈsnuːkə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a white cue ball to pocket the other balls in a set order.
- 2 a position in a game of snooker or pool in which a player cannot make a direct shot at any permitted ball.
■ (be snookered) Brit. informal be thwarted or left in a difficult position.
– origin C19: of unknown origin.
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