snooker
snoo‧ker1 /ˈsnuːkə $ ˈsnʊkər/ 
noun [uncountable]
a game played especially in Britain on a special table covered in green cloth, in which two people use long sticks to hit coloured balls into holes at the sides and corners of the table ⇨ billiards
snooker table/room/hall
They meet up every Friday to play snooker.
snooker2 verb [transitive often passive]
British English informal to make it impossible for someone to do what they want to do:
If the council refuses our planning application, we’re snookered.
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noun [uncountable]a game played especially in Britain on a special table covered in green cloth, in which two people use long sticks to hit coloured balls into holes at the sides and corners of the table ⇨ billiards
snooker table/room/hall
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verb [transitive often passive]British English informal to make it impossible for someone to do what they want to do: