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Defenition of the word rook

    • Defenition of the word rook

      • A piece of chess commonly shaped like a tower. Each player has two, and they move in straight horizontal or vertical lines across the board.
      • A bird, similar to crow and raven.
      • the chessman that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
      • common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
      • deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"
      • (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
      • 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"
      • deprive of by deceit

    Synonyms for the word rook

      • bunco
      • castle
      • con
      • Corvus frugilegus
      • crow
      • defraud
      • diddle
      • gyp
      • mulct
      • nobble
      • swindle
      • tower

    Meronymys for the word rook

      • Corvus
      • genus Corvus

    Hyponyms for the word rook

      • short
      • short-change

    Hypernyms for the word rook

      • beat
      • bird
      • cheat
      • chess piece
      • chessman
      • chesspiece
      • chisel
      • corvine bird
      • fortification
      • rip off
      • sell short
      • surname

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