Definition of "snooker" [snooker]

• Pocket billiards played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of other colors. (noun)
• Slang To lead (another) into a situation in which all possible choices are undesirable; trap. (verb-transitive)
• Slang To fool; dupe: "Snookered by a lot of malarkey about drilling costs, a Texas jury ... added $3 billion of punitive damages” ( New Republic). (verb-transitive)
• To leave one's opponent in the game of snooker unable to take a direct shot without striking a ball out of the required order. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The real fascination in snooker is watching one of the top players pot and position themselves, time and again."
• "He’s close to being right too, except that the magic in snooker is all to do with the magic of the rolling ball."
• "Using the word snooker, primary school pupils sent in hundreds of entries."