rook

rook ¹  (rk)

n.

1. An Old World bird (Corvus frugilegus) that resembles the North American crow and nests 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 hrc.]

---

rook ²  (rk)

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 ru, from Persian.]

---

rook¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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]

---

rook²

n

(Group Games / Chess & Draughts) a chesspiece that may move any number of unoccupied squares in a straight line, horizontally or vertically. Also called castle

[from Old French rok, ultimately from Arabic rukhkh]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rook - (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 crow Corvus frugilegus 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, gip, goldbrick, gyp, 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"

---

rook noun

Related words
collective nouns building, clamour
habitation rookery

Translations

rook¹ [rʊk]

A. N (Orn) → grajo m

B. VT (= swindle) → estafar, timar
you've been rooked → te han estafado or timado

---

rook² [rʊk] N (Chess) → torre f

---

rook [ˈrʊk]

n

(= bird) → freux m

---

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

---

rook¹ [rʊk]

1. n (bird) → corvo

2. vt (fam) (swindle) → imbrogliare, truffare

---

rook¹ [rʊk]

1. n (bird) → corvo

2. vt (fam) (swindle) → imbrogliare, truffare

---

rook² [rʊk] n (Chess) → torre f

---

rook² [rʊk] n (Chess) → torre f

---

rook

n rook [ruk]

1 a kind of crow. kraai غُراب القَيْظ полска врана havran råge die Saatkrähe κοράκι grajo künnivares زاغ mustavaris corneille עוֹרֵב कौवा जैसा पक्षी kula vetési varjú gagak bláhrafn cornacchia みやまがらす 떼까마귀 kovas krauķis sejenis gagak roek kornkråke gawron corvo cioară de câmp грач havran poljska vrana vrana råka นกตระกูลกาชนิดหนึ่ง ekin kargası 白嘴鴉 грак کوے کی قسم کا ایک پرندہ con quạ 白嘴鸦

2 (usuallyˈcastle) a chess-piece. toring رُخ في لُعْبَة الشَّطْرَنْج топ věž tårn der Turm πύργος (στο σκάκι) torre vanker رخ؛ قلعه torni tour צָרִיחַ रूख, हाथी किश्ती top bástya benteng (catur) hrókur torre 城将 (서양 장기) 루크 bokštas (šahā) tornis menara dalam permainan chess kasteel tårn wieża torre turn ладья veža trdnjava top u šahu torn ตัวเรือในเกมหมากรุก kale (國際象棋的)城堡 тура شطرنج کا رخ người chơi gian trong cờ bạc （国际象棋的）车