# snooker
## English
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Audio (UK):(file)
* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sno͞oʹkə(r), IPA: /ˈsnuːkə(ɹ)/
* (General American) enPR: sno͝oʹkər, IPA: /ˈsnʊkɚ/
* Rhymes: -uːkə(ɹ), -ʊkə(ɹ)

### Noun

snooker (countable and uncountable, plural snookers)
* A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
* (snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.
    She put her opponent in a snooker.

#### Derived terms

* Chinese snooker
* Savile snooker
* snooker ball
* snooker table
* volunteer snooker

#### Translations
### Verb

snooker (third-person singular simple present snookers, present participle snookering, simple past and past participle snookered)
* (intransitive) To play the game of snooker. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
* (transitive) To fool or bamboozle.
** 2018, Ezra Klein, “Paul Ryan's Long Con”, in Vox.com‎:But to critics like the New York Times's Paul Krugman, Ryan was an obvious con man weaponizing the deficit to hamstring Obama's presidency, weaken the recovery, and snooker Beltway centrists eager to champion a reasonable-seeming Republican.
** 2023, Daniel Duane, “It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask.”, in nytimes.com‎:Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.
* (transitive, snooker, pool) To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
* (transitive, by extension) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.
** 2023 July 12, Ben Jones, “'Thunderbirds' are go on the ECML...”, in RAIL, number 987, page 34:Sam McDougall, Operations Director for NR's East Coast Route, explains: "Until recently, if anything went wrong in the two-track section between Stoke and Doncaster, we were snookered.
* To become or cause to become inebriated. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

### See also

* billiards
* pool

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English snooker.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: snoo‧ker
* Rhymes: -ukər

### Noun

snooker m (plural snookers, diminutive snookertje n)
* snooker

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* snuukkeri (colloquial)

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English snooker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsnuːker/, [ˈs̠nuːk̟e̞r]
* IPA: /ˈsnuːkːer/, [ˈs̠nuːkːe̞r]
* Rhymes: -uːker

### Noun

snooker
* snooker

#### Declension

Possessive forms of snooker (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
snookerini
snookerini
accusative
nom.
snookerini
snookerini
gen.
snookerini
genitive
snookerini
snookerieni snookereideni snookereitteni
partitive
snookeriani
snookereitani snookerejani
inessive
snookerissani
snookereissani
elative
snookeristani
snookereistani
illative
snookeriini
snookereihini
adessive
snookerillani
snookereillani
ablative
snookeriltani
snookereiltani
allative
snookerilleni
snookereilleni
essive
snookerinani
snookereinani
translative
snookerikseni
snookereikseni
abessive
snookerittani
snookereittani
instructive
comitative
—snookereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
snookerisi
snookerisi
accusative
nom.
snookerisi
snookerisi
gen.
snookerisi
genitive
snookerisi
snookeriesi snookereidesi snookereittesi
partitive
snookeriasi
snookereitasi snookerejasi
inessive
snookerissasi
snookereissasi
elative
snookeristasi
snookereistasi
illative
snookeriisi
snookereihisi
adessive
snookerillasi
snookereillasi
ablative
snookeriltasi
snookereiltasi
allative
snookerillesi
snookereillesi
essive
snookerinasi
snookereinasi
translative
snookeriksesi
snookereiksesi
abessive
snookerittasi
snookereittasi
instructive
comitative
—snookereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
snookerimme
snookerimme
accusative
nom.
snookerimme
snookerimme
gen.
snookerimme
genitive
snookerimme
snookeriemme snookereidemme snookereittemme
partitive
snookeriamme
snookereitamme snookerejamme
inessive
snookerissamme
snookereissamme
elative
snookeristamme
snookereistamme
illative
snookeriimme
snookereihimme
adessive
snookerillamme
snookereillamme
ablative
snookeriltamme
snookereiltamme
allative
snookerillemme
snookereillemme
essive
snookerinamme
snookereinamme
translative
snookeriksemme
snookereiksemme
abessive
snookerittamme
snookereittamme
instructive
comitative
—snookereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
snookerinne
snookerinne
accusative
nom.
snookerinne
snookerinne
gen.
snookerinne
genitive
snookerinne
snookerienne snookereidenne snookereittenne
partitive
snookerianne
snookereitanne snookerejanne
inessive
snookerissanne
snookereissanne
elative
snookeristanne
snookereistanne
illative
snookeriinne
snookereihinne
adessive
snookerillanne
snookereillanne
ablative
snookeriltanne
snookereiltanne
allative
snookerillenne
snookereillenne
essive
snookerinanne
snookereinanne
translative
snookeriksenne
snookereiksenne
abessive
snookerittanne
snookereittanne
instructive
comitative
—snookereinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
snookerinsa
snookerinsa
accusative
nom.
snookerinsa
snookerinsa
gen.
snookerinsa
genitive
snookerinsa
snookeriensa snookereidensa snookereittensa
partitive
snookeriaan snookeriansa
snookereitaan snookerejaan snookereitansa snookerejansa
inessive
snookerissaan snookerissansa
snookereissaan snookereissansa
elative
snookeristaan snookeristansa
snookereistaan snookereistansa
illative
snookeriinsa
snookereihinsa
adessive
snookerillaan snookerillansa
snookereillaan snookereillansa
ablative
snookeriltaan snookeriltansa
snookereiltaan snookereiltansa
allative
snookerilleen snookerillensa
snookereilleen snookereillensa
essive
snookerinaan snookerinansa
snookereinaan snookereinansa
translative
snookerikseen snookeriksensa
snookereikseen snookereiksensa
abessive
snookerittaan snookerittansa
snookereittaan snookereittansa
instructive
comitative
—snookereineen snookereinensa :

### Further reading

* “snooker”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English snooker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /snu.kœʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

snooker m (plural snookers)
* snooker

## Manx
### Etymology

Borrowed from English snooker.

### Noun

snooker m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
* snooker

### Mutation
## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English snooker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsnu.kɛr/
* Rhymes: -ukɛr
* Syllabification: snoo‧ker

### Noun

snooker m inan
* snooker (cue sport)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* snooker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* snooker in Polish dictionaries at PWN