Associations to the word «Rook»
Noun
- Pawn
- Magpie
- Chess
- Columbus
- Elm
- Chico
- Twig
- Crow
- Starling
- Knight
- Blackbird
- Bishop
- Glade
- Square
- Pigeon
- Nest
- Raven
- Thrush
- Vox
- Circling
- Queen
- Diagram
- Wheeling
- Sparrow
- Mover
- Midwife
- Librarian
- Buzzard
- File
- Jameson
- Getting
- Flurry
- Graph
- Lowry
- Move
- Check
- Piece
- Tops
- Fen
- Lark
- Bough
- Wren
- Quail
- Chariot
- Mate
- Swallow
- Trump
- Immortal
- Pheasant
- Gull
- Vertex
- Ending
- Schwartz
- Conrad
- Harlan
- Haunt
- Odds
- Yuri
- Sacrifice
- Capture
- Handicap
- Anand
- Dove
- Chronicles
- Flock
- Tit
- Heron
- Callahan
- Bully
Adjective
Adverb
Pictures for the word «Rook»
Wiktionary
ROOK, noun. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
ROOK, noun. A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
ROOK, noun. (British) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
ROOK, noun. A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
ROOK, verb. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
ROOK, noun. (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
ROOK, noun. (rare) A castle or other fortification.
ROOK, noun. (baseball) (slang) A rookie.
ROOK, noun. Mist; fog; roke
ROOK, verb. (obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
ROOK PAWN, noun. (chess) A pawn on the rook's file; i.e., the a-file or h-file.
ROOK PAWNS, noun. Plural of rook pawn
Dictionary definition
ROOK, noun. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard.
ROOK, noun. Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow.
ROOK, verb. 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".
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