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# snooker

«snooker» in Mova's school dictionary: **A game played on a large table covered in green cloth…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#m3)

4) (informal) «Snookered» means stuck, beaten or trapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x1)
- The snooker table has six pockets. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x4)
- He left his opponent in a snooker behind the blue ball. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x6)
- They snookered us by changing the rules at the last minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/#x7)
- We watched the snooker final on TV. [tree →](https://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «snooker» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snooker/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.