chinese snooker

plural chinese snookers

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Chinese snooker.

plural Chinese snookers

1. ball gamesA reverse snooker position where the cue ball is in front of, rather than behind, a ball that is not on, making the shot very difficult because the bridge is hampered and the cueing angle is unnaturally high.

   Now, happy bridging over a chinese snooker.

   2003, Tjander Nathoeni, “touching ball clarification (snooker)”, in rec.sport.billiard (Usenet)

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   His white came back down the table in the orthodox fashion and rested up against the green ball in a Chinese snooker.

   1991, Michael Curtin, The plastic tomato cutter

   ...in snooker a 'Chinese snooker' is the action of leaving the cue-ball, not behind a coloured ball as with a normal snooker, but in front of one and almost touching it...

   1998, Pamela Siew Im Ong, One man's will: a portrait of Dato' Sir Onn bin Ja'afar