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snookers

The correct spelling is snookers.

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noun

Say it like: Snoo-ker-s

The correct spelling is snookers. A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
  2. 2.The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the opponent cannot directly hit the required ball with it.

verb

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

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