Definition of snookers:
(n) :
A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
(v) :
(intransitive) To play the game of snooker.
(n) :
(snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball is in such a position that the player cannot directly hit a legal ball with it.
(v) :
(transitive, snooker, pool) To place the cue ball in such a position that (the opponent) cannot directly hit the required ball with it.
(v) :
(transitive) To fool or bamboozle.
(v) :
(transitive, by extension) To put (someone) in a difficult situation.