rook

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.1.3 See also 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Derived terms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Verb 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /rʊk/

  Rhymes: -ʊk

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English hrōc, from Proto-Germanic, probably originally imitative. Cognate with Dutch roek, German Ruch, Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺 (hruk), “‘crowing’”), Old Norse hrókr (Danish råge, Swedish råka).

[edit] Noun

rook (plural rooks)

1. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
2. A swindler; someone who betrays.
3. (British) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.

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[edit] Verb

to rook (third-person singular simple present rooks, present participle rooking, simple past and past participle rooked)

1. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.

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• (cheat, swindle): cheat, con, do, dupe, have, swindle

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[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Noun

rook (plural rooks)

1. (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
2. (rare) A castle or other fortification.
3. An Amish card game.

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• (chesspiece): castle

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[edit] See also

• squab

[edit] Etymology 3

From rookie.

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rook (plural rooks)

1. (baseball, slang) A rookie.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of koor
• koro

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[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

rook m. (no plural, no diminutive)

1. smoke

[edit] Derived terms

• rookontwikkeling
• rookwolk

[edit] Etymology 2

inflection of roken

[edit] Verb

rook

1. first-person singular present of roken.

[edit] Etymology 3

inflection of ruiken

[edit] Verb

rook

1. singular past of ruiken.