ROOK

Rook

A rook is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. Formerly the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes . The informal term "castle" is deprecated.

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rook

Noun

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

Noun (etymology 2)

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

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A rookie.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. mist; fog; roke

Verb

  1. To cheat or swindle.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To squat; to ruck.


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