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.
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.