rook

¹

[ rook ]

noun

1. a black, European crow, Corvus frugilegus, noted for its gregarious habits.
2. a sharper at cards or dice; swindler.

verb (used with object)

1. to cheat; fleece; swindle.

rook

²

[ rook ]

noun

, Chess.

1. one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.

rook

¹

/ rʊk /

noun

1. 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

verb

1. slang.
   tr to overcharge, swindle, or cheat

rook

²

/ rʊk /

noun

1. a chesspiece that may move any number of unoccupied squares in a straight line, horizontally or vertically Also calledcastle

Word History and Origins

Origin of rook¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English rok(e), Old English hrōc; cognate with Old Norse hrōkr, Old High German hruoh

Origin of rook²

1300–50; Middle English rok < Old French roc < Arabic rukhkh < Persian rukh

Word History and Origins

Origin of rook¹

Old English hrōc ; related to Old High German hruoh , Old Norse hrōkr

Origin of rook²

C14: from Old French rok , ultimately from Arabic rukhkh

Example Sentences

Peter Rook KC, judicial vice-chairman of the Parole Board of England and Wales said he understood that public hearings can provide "insight into the case and parole process".

From BBC

"She just has such incredible physical stamina, mental toughness and just sheer determination to go out and do these extreme efforts," said Anne-Marije Rook, North America editor at Cycling Weekly magazine.

From BBC

Rook, of Cycling Weekly, said the efforts of Wilcox and Graham were motivation for others: "What Jenny Graham, Lael Wilcox, and women like them are doing is just pushing the boundaries. Not just in what's possible in terms of cycling, but the boundaries that have been set on women athletes."

From BBC

And now his face and voice have been resurrected as a new character named Rook, also synthetic.

From Los Angeles Times

Alvarez says his team considered the whole range of synthetics in “Alien” films over the years: Lance Henriksen appeared as Bishop in “Aliens” and then again in David Fincher‘s 1992 “Aliens 3” — in the latter as a legless torso on a table like Rook — while Michael Fassbender played David 8 in Scott’s “Prometheus” and Walter One in “Alien: Covenant.”

From Los Angeles Times