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SNOOKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("snooker" is a kind of...):
pocket billiards; pool (any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets)
Domain member category:
snooker (leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot)
Derivation:
snooker (leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they snooker
... he / she / it snookers
Past simple: snookered
-ing form: snookering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "snooker" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Domain category:
snooker (a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
snooker (a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "snooker" is one way to...):
flim-flam; fob; fox; play a joke on; play a trick on; play tricks; pull a fast one on; trick (deceive somebody)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody