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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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Gerund: rooking
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Noun | 1. | rook - (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard 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 crow corvine bird - birds of the crow family genus Corvus, Corvus - type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens | |
Verb | 1. | rook - 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 |
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Translations
رُخ في لُعْبَة الشَّطْرَنْجغُراب القَيْظ
топ
havranvěž
tårnråge
turo
vanker
linnoitusmustavaristorni
kulatoptvrđava
bástyavetési varjú
benteng
hrókurbláhrafn
ルーク
turris
kovarniskovas
krauķistornis
turn
havranveža
trdnjava
råkatorn
kaleekin kargası
тура
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1 [rʊk]1. n (bird) → corvo
2. vt (fam) (swindle) → imbrogliare, truffare
rook
2 [rʊk] n (Chess) → torre fCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rook
(ruk) noun1. a kind of crow.
2. (usually ˈcastle) a chess-piece.
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