Rook

Word ROOK
Character 4
Hyphenation rook
Pronunciations /ɹuːk/

Definitions and meanings of "Rook"

What do we mean by rook?

A chess piece that may move in a straight line over any number of empty squares in a rank or file. noun

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. noun

A swindler or cheat, especially at games. noun

To swindle; cheat. transitive verb

Same as ruck.

To caw or croak as a crow or raven.

To cheat; defraud.

To cheat; defraud by cheating.

A kind of crow, Corvus frugilegus, abundant in Europe. noun

The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida. noun

A cheat; a trickster or swindler; one who practises the “plucking of pigeons.” See pigeon, 2. noun

A simpleton; a gull; one liable to be cheated. noun

In chess, one of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle. noun

Mist; fog. See roke. noun

A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species. noun

A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. noun

To cheat; to defraud by cheating. verb

One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle. noun

To squat; to ruck. intransitive verb

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

A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.

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

A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.

A bad deal, a rip-off.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rook

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The word "rook" in example sentences

I think the last white rook is behind the white king ❋ Unknown (2008)

The word rook comes from the Persian rukh, which means chariot. ❋ Jlundberg (2006)

Today, the name of the 'ruhkh' lives on in western chess as the "rook" - although the piece was converted to a tower or "castle" in western terminology; and in northern India and Pakistan many men are named after the 'shah ruhkh' including famous Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan. ❋ Jan (2008)

There is the study that showed how a Eurasian corvid called a rook figured out that it could raise the level of water in a pitcher by adding rocks to it, just like in the ancient Aesop fable, so it could get a drink. ❋ David Mizejewski (2011)

Chimpy: Listen, I know in my heart your rook was a threat. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Chimpy: Listen, your rook was a threat, so I removed him. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The most important problem however in connection with the rook is the precise extent to which the bird is the farmer's enemy or his friend. ❋ Unknown (1894)

The rook is a villain, yet there is something irresistible in the effrontery with which one will hop sidelong on a gorging gull, which beats a hasty retreat before its sable rival, leaving some half-prized shellfish to be swallowed at sight or carried to the greedy little beaks in the tree-tops. ❋ Unknown (1894)

They say the rook is a very long-lived bird, and I feel as if I could swear to the way they are cawing. ❋ Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1837)

POSITION OR MATERIALThere is one case which can be treated as positional or material, namely the rook's pawn, which differs from other pawns in that it can only capture one way instead of two. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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Until the game of chess was modernized, probably in Spain at the end of the 14th century (The Chief, Ricardo Calvo, wrote extensively on this) the "rook" (a/k/a ruhkh) was the most powerful piece on the board, capable of broad sweeping moves. ❋ Jan (2008)

And the languages are arranged more or less by family (though Finnish takes pride of place), so that you can compare, say, all the Turkic names; surprisingly, the words for 'rook' vary tremendously: Turkish kale, Azerbaijani top, Uzbek ruh, Tatar lad'ja (borrowed from Russian), Chuvash tura, Tuvin terge. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But if we lay hold of him, bring him to our Homes, surround him with Christian influences, by God's help we make a man of him, and the raw recruit, the 'rook' as they call him, not only develops into a veteran ready to go anywhere and do anything for Queen and country, but into a Soldier of the Cross, ready to do and dare for his King. ❋ W. E. Sellers (N/A)

You may tell me that "rook" is a corruption of this or that word, meaning something which has never laid an egg in its life. ❋ Unknown (1919)

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