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rook
1[ rook ]
rook
2[ rook ]
noun
- 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
- a large Eurasian passerine bird, Corvus frugilegus , with a black plumage and a whitish base to its bill: family Corvidae (crows)
- slang.a swindler or cheat, esp one who cheats at cards
verb
- slang.tr to overcharge, swindle, or cheat
rook
2/ rʊk /
noun
- a chesspiece that may move any number of unoccupied squares in a straight line, horizontally or vertically Also calledcastle
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Example Sentences
As the immunologist Graham Rook is fond of saying, co-evolution invariably leads to codependence.
Beryn was 'in hevy plyghte,' when he only lost a rook for nothing; Tale of Beryn, 1812.
The Consul had a good rook-rifle with him; and the kavass, a Serb by nationality, was a very good shot with it.
"Hear, hear," said everybody except the crow, who hated the rook.
Luke is, doubtless, the stray rook, and a fledgeling hath flown hither from a distant country.
He was mounted on his old horse, Rook, and looked grim and haggard as a ghost vanishing at the crowing of the cock.
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