Snooker Definition By Free Online Dictionary

snook·er (snkr)
n.
Pocket billiards played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of other colors.
tr.v. snook·ered, snook·er·ing, snook·ers
1. Slang
a. To lead (another) into a situation in which all possible choices are undesirable; trap.
b. To fool; dupe: "Snookered by a lot of malarkey about drilling costs, a Texas jury ... added $3 billion of punitive damages" (New Republic).
2. To leave one's opponent in the game of snooker unable to take a direct shot without striking a ball out of the required order.
3. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) to leave (an opponent) in an unfavorable position by playing a snooker,
a shot in which the cue ball is left in a position such that another ball blocks the object ball. The opponent is then usually forced to play the cue ball off a cushion)

Snooker Game Origin

Snooker’s origin is not recorded explicitly, it is generally held that a Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain conceived the game in the Bristish Army Officer’s Mess in Jubbulpore, India, in 1875.

The name “Snooker”, it is said, was applied to the game, when a young subaltern visited Sir Neville’s Devonshire regiment and explained that first year cadets at Royal Military Academy, where he had trained, were called “Snookers”.
Then, during a game of the new “Pool game”, when one of the young officers missed a pot, Chamberlain called him a “Snooker” referring to his lack of experience. Subsequently the name “Snooker” was adopted for the game itself.
Chamberlain subsequently promoted the game in Army establishments throughout his postings in India and in 1882 in Ootacamund, the first rules were drafted and recorded.
The game of Snooker then spread widely, with the movement of Army personnel, throughout the British Empire However, these rules were not recognised by the Governing Body of the time, “The Billiards Association” until 1900.

Snooker eventually took over from English Billiards as the dominant cue sport in the 1930’s when the legendary Joe Davis actively promoted the game throughout the World.