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rook 1

 (ro͝ok)
n.
1. A Eurasian corvid (Corvus frugilegus) having black plumage with a patch of bare skin around the base of the bill, and nesting in colonies near the tops of trees.
2. A swindler or cheat, especially at games.
tr.v. rooked, rook·ing, rooks
To swindle; cheat: Customers are afraid of being rooked by unscrupulous vendors.
[Middle English rok, from Old English hrōc.]

rook 2

 (ro͝ok)
n. Abbr. R
A chess piece that may move in a straight line over any number of empty squares in a rank or file. Also called castle.
[Middle English rok, from Old French roc, from Arabic ruḫḫ, from Persian.]
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rook

(rʊk)
n
1. (Animals) a large Eurasian passerine bird, Corvus frugilegus, with a black plumage and a whitish base to its bill: family Corvidae (crows)
2. slang a swindler or cheat, esp one who cheats at cards
vb
(tr) slang to overcharge, swindle, or cheat
[Old English hrōc; related to Old High German hruoh, Old Norse hrōkr]

rook

(rʊk)
n
(Chess & Draughts) a chesspiece that may move any number of unoccupied squares in a straight line, horizontally or vertically. Also called: castle
[C14: from Old French rok, ultimately from Arabic rukhkh]
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rook1

(rʊk)

n.
1. a black, bare-faced Eurasian crow, Corvus frugilegus, that nests and roosts colonially.
2. a sharper at cards or dice; swindler.
v.t.
3. to cheat or swindle.
[before 900; Middle English rok(e), Old English hrōc, c. Old High German hruoh, Old Norse hrōkr]

rook2

(rʊk)

n.
one of two chess pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
[1300–50; Middle English rok < Old French roc < Arabic rukhkh < Persian rukh]
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rook


Past participle: rooked
Gerund: rooking

Imperative
rook
rook
Present
I rook
you rook
he/she/it rooks
we rook
you rook
they rook
Preterite
I rooked
you rooked
he/she/it rooked
we rooked
you rooked
they rooked
Present Continuous
I am rooking
you are rooking
he/she/it is rooking
we are rooking
you are rooking
they are rooking
Present Perfect
I have rooked
you have rooked
he/she/it has rooked
we have rooked
you have rooked
they have rooked
Past Continuous
I was rooking
you were rooking
he/she/it was rooking
we were rooking
you were rooking
they were rooking
Past Perfect
I had rooked
you had rooked
he/she/it had rooked
we had rooked
you had rooked
they had rooked
Future
I will rook
you will rook
he/she/it will rook
we will rook
you will rook
they will rook
Future Perfect
I will have rooked
you will have rooked
he/she/it will have rooked
we will have rooked
you will have rooked
they will have rooked
Future Continuous
I will be rooking
you will be rooking
he/she/it will be rooking
we will be rooking
you will be rooking
they will be rooking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rooking
you have been rooking
he/she/it has been rooking
we have been rooking
you have been rooking
they have been rooking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rooking
you will have been rooking
he/she/it will have been rooking
we will have been rooking
you will have been rooking
they will have been rooking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rooking
you had been rooking
he/she/it had been rooking
we had been rooking
you had been rooking
they had been rooking
Conditional
I would rook
you would rook
he/she/it would rook
we would rook
you would rook
they would rook
Past Conditional
I would have rooked
you would have rooked
he/she/it would have rooked
we would have rooked
you would have rooked
they would have rooked
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rook - (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboardrook - (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
castle
chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
2.rook - common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crowrook - common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
Corvus frugilegus
corvine bird - birds of the crow family
genus Corvus, Corvus - type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens
Verb1.rook - deprive of by deceitrook - 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"
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize
short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money
cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
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rook

noun
Related words
collective nouns building, clamour
habitation rookery
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rook

noun
A person who cheats:
bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer.
Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer.
Slang: diddler, gyp, gypper.
verb
To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:
bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, swindle, victimize.
Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.
Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.
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Translations
رُخ في لُعْبَة الشَّطْرَنْجغُراب القَيْظ
топ
havranvěž
tårnråge
turo
vanker
linnoitusmustavaristorni
tourcorbeau freuxcorneillefreux
kulatoptvrđava
bástyavetési varjú
benteng
hrókurbláhrafn
ルーク
turris
kovarniskovas
krauķistornis
turn
havranveža
trdnjava
råkatorn
kaleekin kargası
тура

rook

1 [rʊk]
A. N (Orn) → grajo m
B. VT (= swindle) → estafar, timar
you've been rooked → te han estafado or timado

rook

2 [rʊk] N (Chess) → torre f
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rook

[ˈrʊk]
n
(= bird) → freux m
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rook

n
(= bird) → Saatkrähe f
(= swindler) → Betrüger(in) m(f), → Gauner(in) m(f)
(Chess) → Turm m
vt (= swindle) → übers Ohr hauen (inf), → betrügen; to rook somebody of £5 → jdm £ 5 abgaunern
vi (Chess) → mit dem Turm ziehen
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rook

1 [rʊk]
1. n (bird) → corvo
2. vt (fam) (swindle) → imbrogliare, truffare

rook

2 [rʊk] n (Chess) → torre f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rook

(ruk) noun
1. a kind of crow.
2. (usually ˈcastle) a chess-piece.
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The information was unnecessary; for the incessant cawing of the unconscious rooks sufficiently indicated their whereabouts.
Half a dozen young rooks in violent conversation, flew out to ask what the matter was.
Pickwick and his friends cowered involuntarily to escape damage from the heavy fall of rooks, which they felt quite certain would be occasioned by the devastating barrel of their friend.
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Rook pulled at the reins and started of his own accord.
"Faster!" came the word of command, and Rostov felt Rook's flanks drooping as he broke into a gallop.
"Let anyone come my way now," thought Rostov driving his spurs into Rook and letting him go at a full gallop so that he outstripped the others.
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Rook is coming to-day to attend Emily on the journey to the North; and I am not at all sure that Emily will like her."
Rook has had her troubles; and perhaps they have a little unsettled her.
Rook, Francine was studying her schoolfellow's lovely face in search of defects.
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The little fox and the rook were as happy and busy as they were, and the robin and his mate flew backward and forward like tiny streaks of lightning.
She wanted to tell Colin about Dickon's fox cub and the rook and about what the springtime had been doing.
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At this time I used to stand in the stable and my coat was brushed every day till it shone like a rook's wing.
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