noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:sno͞oʹkər
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsnuːkə(ɹ)/
General-American:sno͝oʹkər
General-American:/ˈsnʊkɚ/
rhymes with -uːkə(ɹ)
rhymes with -ʊkə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:S N UH1 K ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports
Examples
She put her opponent in a snooker.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To play the game of snooker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To fool or bamboozle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To cause to become inebriated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pool, pocket billiards
9
verb
Meaning 9
leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: play
10
verb
Meaning 10
fool or dupe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
snoeker
— cue sport
Albanian:
lojë biliardo
— cue sport
Amharic:
ስኑከር
(sənukär)
— cue sport
Arabic:
سْنُوكَر
(snukar)
— cue sport
Arabic:
سْنُوكَر
(snūkar)
— cue sport
Armenian:
սնուկեր
(snuker)
— cue sport
Azerbaijani:
bilardo
— cue sport
Basque:
billarra
— cue sport
Belarusian:
сну́кер
(snúkjer)
— cue sport
Bengali:
স্নুকার
(snukar)
— cue sport
Bulgarian:
сну́кър
(snúkǎr)
— cue sport
Catalan:
billar
— cue sport
Chinese Cantonese:
士碌架
— cue sport
Chinese Mandarin:
斯諾克 /斯诺克
(sīnuòkè)
— cue sport
Chinese Mandarin:
司諾克 /司诺克
(sīnuòkè)
— cue sport
Czech:
kulečník
— cue sport
Danish:
snooker
— cue sport
Dutch:
snooker
— cue sport
Estonian:
snuuker
— cue sport
Finnish:
snooker
— cue sport
French:
billard
— cue sport
Galician:
sinuca
— cue sport
Georgian:
სნუკერი
(snuḳeri)
— cue sport
German:
Snooker
— cue sport
Greek:
σνούκερ
(snoúker)
— cue sport
Gujarati:
સ્નૂકર
(snūkar)
— cue sport
Haitian Creole:
biyar
— cue sport
Haitian Creole:
snooke
— cue sport
Hebrew:
סנוקר
(snoqr)
— cue sport
Hindi:
स्नूकर
(snūkar)
— cue sport
Hungarian:
sznúker
— cue sport
Icelandic:
snóker
— cue sport
Indonesian:
snoker
— cue sport
Irish:
snúcar
— cue sport
Italian:
biliardo
— cue sport
Italian:
stecca
— cue sport
Japanese:
スヌーカー
(sunūkā)
— cue sport
Kannada:
ಸ್ನೂಕರ್
(snūkar)
— cue sport
Kazakh:
снукер
(snuker)
— cue sport
Khmer:
កីឡាស្នុកឃ័រ
(kəylaasnokkhɔə)
— cue sport
Korean:
스누커
(seunukeo)
— cue sport
Kyrgyz:
снукер
(snuker)
— cue sport
Latvian:
snūkers
— cue sport
Lithuanian:
snukeris
— cue sport
Lithuanian:
biliardas
— cue sport
Macedonian:
снукер
(snuker)
— cue sport
Malay:
snuker
— cue sport
Manx:
snooker
— cue sport
Māori:
piriota
— cue sport
Mongolian:
снукер
(snuker)
— cue sport
Odia:
ସ୍ନୁକର
(snukara)
— cue sport
Pashto:
سنوکر
(snuker)
— cue sport
Persian:
اسنوکر
(esnuker)
— cue sport
Polish:
snooker
— cue sport
Portuguese:
sinuca
— cue sport
Romanian:
răsturna
— cue sport
Russian:
сну́кер
(snúker)
— cue sport
Russian:
билья́рд
(bilʹjárd)
— cue sport
Samoan:
snuke
— cue sport
Scottish Gaelic:
snucair
— cue sport
Serbo-Croatian:
снукер
— cue sport
Serbo-Croatian:
snooker
— cue sport
Serbo-Croatian:
snuker
— cue sport
Sinhalese:
ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ මලල
(jyeṣṭha malala)
— cue sport
