castle, game piece that can move horizontally or vertically across an unlimited number of unoccupied squares (Chess); swindler, cheat; one who cheats in games of chance; (Zoology) black European bird of the crow family
cheat, swindle, deceive
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Rook Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t. & i.)
To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
(v. i.)
To squat; to ruck.
To squat; to ruck.
(n.)
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
(n.)
Mist; fog. See Roke.
Mist; fog. See Roke.
(n.)
A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
(n.)
A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
rook
\rook\, n. [as. hrōc; akin to ohg. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, icel. hrōkr, sw. roka, dan. raage; cf. goth. hrukjan to crow.]
1. (zo?l.) a european bird (corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. it is black, with purple and violet reflections. the base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. it is gregarious in its habits. the name is also applied to related asiatic species. the rook should be treated as the farmer's friend.
2. a trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
rook
\rook\ (r&oocr;k), n. mist; fog. see roke. [obs.]
rook
\rook\, v. i. to squat; to ruck. [obs.]
rook
\rook\, n. [f. roc (cf. sp. roque), fr. per. & ar. rokh, or rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird roc (in this sense perhaps a different word); cf. hind. rath a war chariot, the castle at chess, skr. ratha a car, a war car. cf. roll.] (chess) one of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
rook
\rook\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. rooked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. rooking.] to cheat; to defraud by cheating. "a band of rooking officials."
rook
n
1. the chessman that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard [syn: castle]
2. common gregarious old world bird about the size and color of the american crow [syn: corvus frugilegus]
v : deprive of by deceit; "he swindled me out of my inheritance"; "she defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: swindle, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con]
Noun
1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
(synonym) castle
(hypernym) chessman, chess piece
(classification) chess, chess game
2. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
(synonym) Corvus frugilegus
(hypernym) corvine bird
(member-holonym) Corvus, genus Corvus
Verb
1. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
(synonym) victimize, swindle, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con
(hypernym) cheat, rip off, chisel
(hyponym) short-change, short
Rook Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Rook or rooks may refer to:
Bird
- Rook (bird) (Corvus frugilegus), a member of the crow family
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