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BNC: 16978 COCA: 41069

rook

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
rook /ˈrʊk/ noun
plural rooks
rook
/ˈrʊk/
noun
plural rooks
Learner's definition of ROOK
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: a large, black European bird that is related to the crow秃鼻乌鸦
: a piece in the game of chess that looks like a castle tower : castle(国际象棋中的)车 see picture at chess
BNC: 16978 COCA: 41069

rook

1 of 4

noun (1)

: a common Old World gregarious crow (Corvus frugilegus) that nests and roosts in usually treetop colonies

Illustration of rook

Illustration of rook

rook

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verb

rooked; rooking; rooks

transitive verb

: to defraud by cheating or swindling

rook

3 of 4

noun (2)

: either of two pieces of each color in a set of chessmen having the power to move along the ranks or files across any number of unoccupied squares

called also castle

rook

4 of 4

noun (3)

: rookie

Example Sentences

Verb once you learn to recognize these swindler's tricks, no one will be able to use them to rook you

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English hrōc; akin to Old High German hruoch rook

Noun (2)

Middle English rok, from Anglo-French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

circa 1595, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1905, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rook was before the 12th century
BNC: 16978 COCA: 41069

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