Definition of rook Rook
/ษนสหk/ - [ruk] - rook
We found 21 definitions of rook from 7 different sources.
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What does rook mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: rooks |
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| rook - common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow | ||
| Corvus frugilegus | ||
| corvine bird birds of the crow family | ||
| rook - (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard | ||
| castle | ||
| chess piece, chessman any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess | ||
| chess game, chess a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king | ||
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Wiktionary 
- rook (Noun)
A European bird, , of the crow family. - rook (Noun)
A swindler; someone who betrays. - rook (Noun)
A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name. - rook (Noun)
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)
A castle or other fortification. - rook (Noun)
An Amish card game. - rook (Noun)
A rookie. - rook (Verb)
To cheat or swindle.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ๐
- rook (n.)
Mist; fog. See Roke. - rook (v. i.)
To squat; to ruck. - rook (n.)
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle. - rook (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. - rook (n.)
A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. - rook (v. t. & i.)
To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary ฮฉ
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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. -
rook
A bird, similar to crow and raven.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue ๐
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rook
A cheat: probably from the thievish disposition of the birds of that name. Also the cant name for a crow used in house-breaking. To rook; to cheat, particularly at play.
Wikipedia 
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chess
A rook, (, from Persian ุฑุฎ "rokh", Sanskrit "rath", "chariot") also known as a castle, is a piece in the board game of chess. Each player starts the game with two rooks, one in each of the corners nearest their own side. Even though the piece was mostly known as the "castle" in 17th and 18th century England, it is no longer used by chess players.
Starting place and moving.
In algebraic notation, the white rooks start on the "a1" and "h1" squares, and the black rooks start on the "a8" and "h8" squares. The rook moves forward or back through any number of squares without other pieces on them, as shown in the diagram. Like other pieces, it captures by going into the square on which an enemy piece stands. The rook also takes part in a special move called castling, along with the king.
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