Meaning & Definition of Rook in English
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Rook
/rʊk/
noun
1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
synonym:
- castle,
- rook
2. Common gregarious old world bird about the size and color of the american crow
synonym:
- rook,
- Corvus frugilegus
verb
1. 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"
synonym:
- victimize,
- swindle,
- rook,
- goldbrick,
- nobble,
- diddle,
- bunco,
- defraud,
- scam,
- mulct,
- gyp,
- gip,
- hornswoggle,
- short-change,
- con
Examples of using
A rook is a chess piece.