Rook Definition

ro͝ok
rooked, rooks
noun
rooks
A gregarious European crow (Corvus frugilegus) with a bare spot by its bill.
Webster's New World
A swindler; cheat.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World

(UK) A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.

Wiktionary

(rare) A castle or other fortification.

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verb
rooked, rooks
To swindle, cheat, defraud, etc.
Webster's New World

(obsolete) To squat; to ruck.

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Other Word Forms of Rook

Noun

Singular:
rook
Plural:
rooks

Origin of Rook

  • Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kVr-c 'crow, raven' (compare Middle Irish cerc 'hen', Old Prussian kerko 'loon, diver', dialectal Bulgarian крокон (krókon) 'raven', Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax) 'falcon', Old Armenian Õ¡Õ£Õ¼Õ¡Ö‚ (agá¹™aw), Avestan kahrkatat 'rooster' [script?], Sanskrit कृकर (ká¹›kara) 'rooster'), Ukrainian крук (kruk, “raven").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English rok from Old French roc from Arabic ruḫḫ from Persian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox). Compare roc.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English rok from Old English hrōc

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From rookie.

    From Wiktionary

Rook Sentence Examples

  • Rook pulled at the reins and started of his own accord.

  • He once boasted he had shot a white rook and later found it was one of his own chickens.

  • It combines the powers of the rook and bishop, meaning it can move any number of squares horizontally, vertically and diagonally-provided no other piece blocks it.

  • The king also has the ability to Castle, which is done on the first row when there is nothing between the king, and the king and neither rook has moved and no opposing piece attacks the empty squares between.

  • Rook-The rook moves any number of squares horizontally or vertically given that no piece blocksits path.

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Words Starting With

RROROO

Words Ending With

KOKOOK

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