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SNOOK-uh/ˈsnuːkə/

Snooker is a cue sport on a large table with 15 red balls and several coloured balls. Pool is usually a smaller table and different balls, often in a pub; billiards is another table game. Often uncountable as the game: play snooker / watch snooker. A frame is one game within a match.

Meaning

A table game like pool, with 15 red balls and coloured balls, played with a cue.

Examples

• “They play snooker at the club on the industrial estate.”
• “The snooker club is above the shops, and you pay by the hour for a table.”
• “He watches snooker on the telly when the darts has finished.”

Good to know

snooker (the game, often uncountable). Contrast: pool / billiards. play snooker; a frame of snooker.

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