rook

[US]/rʊk/
[UK]/rʊk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a swindler, a cheat
a chess piece
a crow with a white beak
vt.to deceive

Example Sentences

Rooks will attempt to raise his game to another level.

Customers are afraid of being rooked by unscrupulous vendors.

Black must blocade the Pawn dooming the Black Rook's to a passive defensive role.

crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay.

1.crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay.

The rook that makes the castling move has not yet moved in the game.

The rooks cawed, and blither birds sang;but nothing was so merry or so musical as my own rejoicing heart.

Real-world Examples

He says that rooks, the chosen birds, are considered to be particularly intelligent.

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

Each time, the rook deposits a cigarette end or a small piece of rubbish.

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

" I was talking about a chess rook, " said Ron. " A castle to you."

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The roughly 1,300-year-old object matches a rook found in an Iranian chess set from about 400 years later.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2021 Collection

Elfride grew flurried, and placed her queen on his remaining rook's file.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

Upon my word, I did not see your rook.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

See this one that looks like a tower? It's called the rook. The one with the tall hat is called the bishop.

Source: EnglishPod 91-180

Yet a few minutes more: he takes her rook and checks again.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

And then white rook and white king switch places.

Source: Radio Laboratory

When he brought out his rook, then took that pawn...

Source: The Queen's Gambit

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