English Explanatory Dictionary

rook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
  2. A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
  3. A bad deal; a rip-off.
  4. A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
  5. A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
  6. A parson.
verb
  1. To cheat or swindle.
noun
  1. A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
  2. A castle or other fortification.
noun
  1. A rookie.
noun
  1. mist; fog; roke
verb
  1. To squat; to ruck.
verb
  1. Pronunciation spelling of look, mimicking Asian speech.

Pronunciation

/ɹʊk/ /ɹuːk/ /ɹʉk/ en-us-rook.ogg

Word forms

rook rooks rooking rooked

Etymology

* Inherited from Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōk, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Old Norse hrókr, Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kerk- (“crow, raven”) (compare Old Irish cerc (“hen”), Old Prussian kerko (“loon, diver”), dialectal Bulgarian кро́кон (krókon, “raven”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “crow”), Old Armenian ագռաւ (agṙaw), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬝 (kahrkatat̰, “rooster”), Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “rooster”)), Ukrainian крук (kruk, “raven”). * (parson): Probably from the resemblance in plumage to a parson's garments.

Synonyms

bamboozler bouncer bullshitter cheat cheater cogger cony-catcher crammer deceiver deceptor fabricator fabulist falser gabber grifter guiler liar losenger mocker pseudologist rook Scandaroon shammer Spanish athlete swindler swike treacher trickster trucker wernard bunco-steerer charlatan chiseler cozener defrauder finagler fleecer fraud fraudmeister fraudster humbug goldbrick gull gyp landshark pickpenny scammer scamp schemester sharper slicker spieler trapan trepan con do dupe have swindle trick

Related words

squab ♖ ♜

Derived words

Johnny rook rook and rabbit rifle rookery rookish rooklet rooklike rook rifle Rugby rookless rooky rooker rook lift rook polynomial rookwise wrong rook pawn
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