rook¹ Definition
rook (ro̵ok)
noun
- a gregarious European crow (Corvus frugilegus) with a bare spot by its bill
- a swindler; cheat
Etymology: ME roc < OE hroc, akin to Ger ruch < IE echoic base *ker- > crow, raven
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to swindle, cheat, defraud, etc.
Etymology: prob. from the bird's thievishness
rook² Definition
rook (ro̵ok)
noun
Chess either of the two corner pieces shaped like a castle tower: it can move in a vertical or horizontal direction only over any number of consecutive, unoccupied squares; castle
Etymology: ME rok < OFr roc < Ar rukhkh < Pers rukh
rook Synonyms
rook Usage Examples
Converse of object
- shoot: Alex James: The Great Escape Published: 10 May 2006 They shoot rooks don't they?
- crow: Live prey is preferred at this time ( especially young crows, rooks, magpies, voles and rabbits ).
- nest: Not to mention the dreadful unhygienic mess that nesting rooks can cause and the difficulty of removing the nests once established!
- get: Steve got a good rooks in the 17th to set two and Guy's reply left him a bridge for a 4c.
- win: Then he under-promoted to a N so that it would be check and win a rook with tempo.
- take: If black takes the pawn with the rook, queen takes rook wins the exchange.
Adjective modifier
- black: Sky very clear blue coming up from the moor and oak tree and complex network branches were full of black rooks.
- white: He once boasted he had shot a white rook and later found it was one of his own chickens.
- noisy: You may see birds gathering twigs and flying off with them, or hear noisy rooks in the tree-tops fighting over nesting materials.
- other: Sounds silly but the falcon knows that nothing likes going into thorn bushes, so she is protecting herself against retaliation by other rooks.
- juvenile: Juvenile rooks form long-term alliances, which are based on high levels of affiliative behavior ( preening, food sharing ) between partners.
Modifies a noun
- sacrifice: Emboldened, I suggest a rook sacrifice on f7.
- hawk: However, with the things that can go wrong there is immeasurable pleasure to be had from a good rook hawk.
- pie: Books gave us recipes from the wild, like squirrel tail soup and rook pie.
- place: Observations The events that rook place during the day were complex.
Browse dictionary entries near rook
- ‹ rooftree
- ‹ rooftop
- ‹ roofline
- ‹ roofing
- ‹ roofer
- ‹ roof garden
- ‹ roof
- ‹ rood screen
- ‹ rood
- ‹ Ronsard
- rookery ›
- rookie ›
- rooky ›
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- room and board ›
- room clerk ›
- room temperature ›
- roomer ›
- roomette ›
- roomful ›

