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Snooker [Pool], das; Taschenbillard, das* * *['snu:kə](a kind of game played on a billiard-table with fifteen red balls and seven balls of other colours: Do you play snooker?; Let's have a game of snooker; ( also adjective) a snooker match.) das Billardspiel* * *snook·er[ˈsnu:kəʳ, AM ˈsnʊkɚ]I. vt1. usu passive3. (in snooker)▪ to \snooker sb jdn abblocken▪ to be \snookered abgeblockt werdenII. nwell, you've got me in a \snooker du hast mich eingesperrt* * *['snuːkə(r)]1. nSnooker nt2. vtto be snookered ( Brit fig inf ) — festsitzen (inf)
* * *A s Snooker n:a) dem Poolbillard ähnliches Billardspielb) Situation, in der der Stoßball nicht direkt gespielt werden kannB v/t1. jemanden snookern2. fig Br umg jemanden blockieren:be snookered festsitzen* * *noun, no pl., no indef. art.Snooker [Pool], das; Taschenbillard, das -
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snook·er [ʼsnu:kəʳ, Am ʼsnʊkɚ] vt1) usu passiveto be \snookered (Brit, Aus);(fig: be defeated) festsitzen2) (Am);(fig fam: trick)to \snooker sb jdn übers Ohr hauen ( fam)3) ( in snooker)to \snooker sb jdn abblocken;to be \snookered abgeblockt werden;well, you've got me in a \snooker du hast mich eingesperrt
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