/snook"euhr, snooh"keuhr/ , n.
1. a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
v.t.
2. Slang. to deceive, cheat, or dupe: to be snookered by a mail order company.
[ 1885-90; orig. uncert. ]