snooker
noun
[ ˈsnuːkə ]
• a game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a cue ball (white) to pocket the other balls (fifteen red and six coloured) in a set order.
• "a snooker hall"
snooker
verb
• subject (oneself or one's opponent) to a snooker.
• "he potted yellow and green, and then snookered Davis on the brown"
Origin:
late 19th century: of unknown origin.