rook
1a black, European crow, Corvus frugilegus, noted for its gregarious habits.
a sharper at cards or dice; swindler.
Origin of rook
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Other definitions for rook (2 of 2)
one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
Origin of rook
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How to use rook in a sentence
Nepomniachtchi’s position seemed promising early on, with a strong bishop patrolling acres of space and a rook policing the a-file, the column spanning the western edge of the board.
Clocks draining, Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi were locked in an intricate battle for space and material in the board’s southwest corner — an asymmetric skirmish, queen and bishop versus rooks and knight.
How The Longest Game In World Chess Championship History Was Won | Oliver Roeder | December 3, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThe grandmasters agreed to a draw in the position below, with their rooks caught in an endlessly repetitive shuffle.
Some Humble Suggestions To Save Chess From Itself | Oliver Roeder | December 1, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThe king in the top middle could be reached both by the rook one square to its right and the knight one square down and two squares to its left.
As the immunologist Graham rook is fond of saying, co-evolution invariably leads to codependence.
An Epidemic of Absence: Destroying the Bugs in Our Bodies Can Be Dangerous to Our Health | Moises Velasquez-Manoff | September 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Beryn was 'in hevy plyghte,' when he only lost a rook for nothing; Tale of Beryn, 1812.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe Consul had a good rook-rifle with him; and the kavass, a Serb by nationality, was a very good shot with it.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram"Hear, hear," said everybody except the crow, who hated the rook.
Wood Magic | Richard JefferiesLuke is, doubtless, the stray rook, and a fledgeling hath flown hither from a distant country.
Rookwood | William Harrison AinsworthHe was mounted on his old horse, rook, and looked grim and haggard as a ghost vanishing at the crowing of the cock.
Rookwood | William Harrison Ainsworth
British Dictionary definitions for rook (1 of 2)
/ (rʊk) /
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
(tr) slang to overcharge, swindle, or cheat
Origin of rook
1British Dictionary definitions for rook (2 of 2)
/ (rʊk) /
a chesspiece that may move any number of unoccupied squares in a straight line, horizontally or vertically: Also called: castle
Origin of rook
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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