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Rook Very Common

Rook has 10 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

2

common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

3

A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.

4

A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.

5

A rookie.

6

mist; fog; roke

Verb
1

deprive of by deceit

"He swindled me out of my inheritance"

"She defrauded the customers who trusted her"

2

To cheat or swindle.

3

To squat; to ruck.

4

Pronunciation spelling of look.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
chessman corvine bird cheat
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
short-change

Origin

The word rook comes from Old English hrōc, which traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "crow" or "raven." This original sense of the bird is reflected in related words across many ancient languages.

Rhyming Words
ook book look took kook cook hook gook mook zook wook sook nook vook dook jook fook krook grook blook
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