1. A form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colours and a cue ball
   "He won the snooker championship with a brilliant final shot"

1. [N. Amer] Fool or dupe
   "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk"
    
2. Leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot
   "He snookered his opponent with a clever safety shot"
    
3. [Brit] Thwart someone by putting them in a difficult situation
   "His clever manoeuvre snookered the opposition"

Derived forms: snookered, snookering, snookers

Type of: flimflam [informal], fob [archaic], fox, hose [N. Amer, informal], play, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pocket billiards, pool, pull a fast one [informal], pull a fast one on [informal], sucker [N. Amer, informal], take for a ride [informal], trick

Encyclopedia: Snooker