rook

See also: Rook and röök

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹʊk/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊk

Etymology 1

A rook (bird)

From Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kerk- (“crow, raven”) (compare Old Irish cerc (“hen”), Old Prussian kerko (“loon, diver”), dialectal Bulgarian кро́кон (krókon, “raven”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “falcon”), Old Armenian ագռաւ (agṙaw), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬝‎ (kahrkatat̰, “rooster”), Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “rooster”)), Ukrainian крук (kruk, “raven”).

Noun

rook (plural rooks)

  1. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
    • Pennant
      The rook […] should be treated as the farmer's friend.
  2. A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
    • Wycherley
      I am, like an old rook, who is ruined by gaming, forced to live on the good fortune of the pushing young men.
  3. (Britain) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
  4. A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
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Verb

rook (third-person singular simple present rooks, present participle rooking, simple past and past participle rooked)

  1. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 311:
      Some had spent a week in Jersey before coming to Guernsey; and, from what Paddy had heard, they really do know how to rook the visitors over there.
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Etymology 2

A rook (chess)

From Middle English rook, roke, rok, from Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ‎ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), possibly from Sanskrit रथ (ratha, “chariot”). Compare roc.

Noun

rook (plural rooks)

  1. (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
  2. (rare) A castle or other fortification.
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Chess pieces in English · chess pieces, chessmen (see also: chess) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
king queen castle, rook bishop knight pawn

Etymology 3

From rookie.

Noun

rook (plural rooks)

  1. (baseball, slang) A rookie.

Etymology 4

From Middle English roke, rock, rok (“mist; vapour; drizzle; smoke; fumes”), from Old Norse *rauk, related to Icelandic rok, roka (“whirlwind; seafoam; seaspray”), Middle Dutch rooc, rok, Modern Dutch rook (“smoke; fog”).

Noun

rook (uncountable)

  1. mist; fog; roke

Etymology 5

Verb

rook (third-person singular simple present rooks, present participle rooking, simple past and past participle rooked)

  1. (obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Etymology 6

Verb

rook (third-person singular simple present rooks, present participle rooking, simple past and past participle rooked)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of look.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːk/
  • Rhymes: -oːk
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rôoc, from Old Dutch *rōk, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz.

Noun

rook m (uncountable)

  1. smoke
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Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

rook

  1. first-person singular present indicative of roken
  2. imperative of roken

Verb

rook

  1. singular past indicative of ruiken
  2. singular past indicative of rieken

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