snookers
Tricks into trouble
Snookers is the third-person singular verb form of snooker.
In the cue sport snooker, to snooker an opponent is to leave them without a direct shot at a legal ball, forcing a difficult escape.
The meaning extends to any situation where someone is placed in an impossible position: The amendment snookers the opposition into voting against their own interests.
Trigger for action
- chalkSoft sedimentary writing stone
- baizeWoolen table covering
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
pockets · rails · cushions · rest · spider · triangle · rack · scoreboard
Supporting outer structure
cannon · in-off · foul · clearance · maximum · plant · double · kick
Multi-round competitive event
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- rankingOrdered position assignment
- professionalCredentialed in one's field
- amateurNonprofessional participant
Crucible · Masters · 147 · qualifier · seed · round-robin · best-of · decider
Signaling when to start
- sightingInstance of perceiving something
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- gripSecure manual hold
- backswingRearward preparatory motion
follow-through · topspin · backspin · screw · stun · swerve · massé · feather
Irish family name
- DavisPatronymic English surname
- HigginsIrish-origin family name
- TrumpAmerican political surname
- RobertsonRobert's son, as surname
Murphy · Williams · referee · commentator
Strategically planned
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- escapingDeparting confinement hastily
- layingPutting down horizontally
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
tight · percentage · leave · splitting · containing · decider · rerack · concede
cue
Trigger for action
slate · pockets · rails · cushions · rest · spider · triangle · rack · scoreboard · ferrule
frame
Supporting outer structure
safety · cannon · in-off · foul · clearance · maximum · plant · double · kick · fluke
tournament
Multi-round competitive event
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- rankingOrdered position assignment
- professionalCredentialed in one's field
amateur · Crucible · Masters · 147 · qualifier · seed · round-robin · best-of · decider · whitewash
cueing
Signaling when to start
backswing · follow-through · topspin · backspin · screw · stun · swerve · massé · feather · drag
O'Sullivan
Irish family name
Robertson · Murphy · Williams · referee · commentator
tactical
Strategically planned
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- escapingDeparting confinement hastily
- layingPutting down horizontally
trapping · tight · percentage · leave · splitting · containing · decider · rerack · concede · tie-break
- snooker tableFelt-covered playing field
- snooker cueTapered shaft for pocketing balls