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Definition of 'rook'English
Etymology 1
(etyl) rok, roke, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
A European bird, Corvus frugilegus , of the crow family.
* Pennant
- The rook should be treated as the farmer's friend.
A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- (Wycherley)
(British) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
Synonyms
* (swindler) swindler, cheat
Hypernyms
* (bird) bird
* (firecracker) firecracker
Verb
( en-verb)
To cheat or swindle.
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 311:
- Some had spent a week in Jersey before coming to Guernsey; and, from what Paddy had heard, they really do know how to rook the visitors over there.
Synonyms
* (sense) cheat, con, do, dupe, have, swindle
Etymology 2
From (etyl) roc, ultimately from (etyl) . Compare (roc).
Noun
( en-noun)
(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
(rare) A castle or other fortification.
Synonyms
* (chesspiece) castle
See also
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See also
* squab
Etymology 3
From rookie .
Noun
( en-noun)
(baseball|slang) A rookie.
Etymology 4
Noun
(-)
mist; fog; roke
Etymology 5
Verb
( en-verb)
(obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
- (Shakespeare)
Anagrams
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Similar to 'rook'rock, risk, rok, rack, reck, rick, rusk, reek, ruck, rawk, raik, ruok, reask, reak
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