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1. (n.) rook
a black, bare-faced Eurasian crow, Corvus frugilegus, that nests and roosts colonially.
2. rook
a sharper at cards or dice; swindler.
3. (v.t.) rook
to cheat or swindle.
4. (n.) rook
one of two chess pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME rok < OF roc < Ar rukhkh < Pers rukh)
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1. (noun) castle, rook
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
2. (verb) rook, Corvus frugilegus
common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
3. (verb) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Rook
mist; fog. See Roke
2. (noun) Rook
one of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle
3. (noun) Rook
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
4. (noun) Rook
a trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper
5. Rook
to cheat; to defraud by cheating
6. (verb) Rook
to squat; to ruck
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Sense: a kind of crow.
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 Afrikaans: kraai |
 Arabic: غُراب القَيْظ |
 Bulgarian: полска врана |
 Brazilian: corvo |
 Czech: havran |
 German: die Saatkrähe |
 Danish: råge |
 Greek: κοράκι |
 Spanish: grajo |
 Estonian: künnivares |
 Farsi: زاغ |
 Finnish: mustavaris |
 French: corneille |
 Hebrew: עוֹרֵב |
 Hindi: कौवा जैसा पक्षी |
 Croatian: kula |
 Hungarian: vetési varjú |
 Indonesian: gagak |
 Icelandic: bláhrafn |
 Italian: cornacchia |
 Japanese: みやまがらす |
 Korean: 떼까마귀 |
 Lithuanian: kovas |
 Latvian: krauķis |
 Malay: sejenis gagak |
 Dutch: roek |
 Norwegian: kornkråke |
 Polish: gawron |
 Persian: زاغ |
 Pashto: کارغه |
 Portuguese: corvo |
 Romanian: cioară de câmp |
 Russian: грач |
 Slovak: havran |
 Slovenian: poljska vrana |
 Serbian: vrana |
 Swedish: råka |
 Thai: นกตระกูลกาชนิดหนึ่ง |
 Turkish: ekin kargası |
 Taiwanese: 白嘴鴉 |
 Ukrainian: грак |
 Urdu: کوے کی قسم کا ایک پرندہ |
 Vietnamese: con quạ |
 Chinese: 白嘴鸦 |
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