The Meaning of rook

• (n.) Mist; fog. See Roke.
• (v. i.) To squat; to ruck.
• (n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
• (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
• (n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
• (v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.

Synonyms

castle , Corvus frugilegus , victimize , swindle , goldbrick , nobble , diddle , bunco , defraud , scam , mulct , gyp , gip , hornswoggle , short-change , con

Homophones

rooke

Rhymes

bankbook , benbrook , book , brook , brooke , checkbook , chinook , chook , cook , cookbook , cooke , create-a-book , crook , crooke , decook , donnybrook , flook , forsook , gobbledygook , gook , guidebook , handbook , holbrook , hook , hooke , hornbook , inglenook , jokebook , kirkuk , logbook , look , matchbook , mccook , mistook , mook , nook , notebook , outlook , overbook , overcook , overlook , overtook , passbook , pocketbook , precook , rebook , rooke , rulebook , schnook , schook , schoolbook , scrapbook , shnook , shook , sketchbook , snook , storybook , stroock , strook , subnotebook , textbook , took , tooke , undercook , undertook , unhook , vanhook , westbrook , yearbook , zook