SNOOKER

Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport that is typically played on a table covered with a green cloth or baize, with pockets situated in each of the four corners and a further two, commonly referred to as the middle, or side pockets, that sit in the middle of each of the long side cushions. The cloth on a snooker table has a directional nap running from the baulk end of the table towards the end with the spot. This affects how a ball rolls depending on which direction it is hit or shot. A regular table is 12 × 6 ft . It is played using a cue and 22 snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colours: yellow, green, brown, blue, ...

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snooker

Noun

  1. A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.

Verb

  1. To play snooker.
  2. To fool or bamboozle.
  3. To place the cue ball in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit the required ball with it; (by extension) To put someone in a difficult situation.
  4. To become or cause to become inebriated.


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