Associations to the word «Rook»

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

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".