Illustration of rook
rook
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈru̇k 
: a common Old World gregarious crow (Corvus frugilegus) that nests and roosts in usually treetop colonies
rook
2 of 4verb
rooked; rooking; rooks
transitive verb
: to defraud by cheating or swindling
rook
3 of 4noun (2)
: either of two pieces of each color in a set of chessmen having the power to move along the ranks or files across any number of unoccupied squares
called also castle
rook
4 of 4noun (3)
: rookie
Synonyms
Verb
- beat
- bilk
- bleed
- cheat
- chisel
- chouse
- con
- cozen
- defraud
- diddle
- do
- do in
- euchre
- fiddle
- fleece
- flimflam
- gaff
- hose [slang]
- hustle
- mulct
- nobble [British slang]
- pluck
- ream
- rip off
- screw
- shake down
- short
- shortchange
- skin
- skunk
- squeeze
- stick
- stiff
- sting
- sucker
- swindle
- thimblerig
- victimize
Noun (3)
- abecedarian
- apprentice
- babe
- beginner
- colt
- cub
- fledgling
- freshman
- greenhorn
- neophyte
- newbie
- newcomer
- novice
- novitiate
- punk
- recruit
- rookie
- tenderfoot
- tyro
- virgin
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb once you learn to recognize these swindler's tricks, no one will be able to use them to rook you
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English hrōc; akin to Old High German hruoch rook
Noun (2)
Middle English rok, from Anglo-French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
circa 1595, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
1905, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
rook 1 of 3
noun
ˈru̇k
: a crow of Europe and Asia that nests and sleeps in groups usually in the tops of trees
rook
2 of 3verb
rooked; rooking
: cheat entry 1 sense 2, swindle Don't shop there. They rooked me.
rook
3 of 3noun
: one of the pieces in the game of chess
rooks 1 of 2
noun
as in rookies
a person who is just starting out in a field of activity every year the coaches have to deal with rooks who don't know the rules yet Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- rookies
- apprentices
- novices
- freshmen
- beginners
- newcomers
- fledglings
- colts
- recruits
- virgins
- novitiates
- tyros
- greenhorns
- students
- cubs
- newbies
- punks
- neophytes
- tenderfeet
- tenderfoots
- babes
- abecedarians
- amateurs
- learners
- trainees
- dabblers
- candidates
- boots
- entrants
- dilettanti
- dilettantes
- probationers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- veterans
- vets
- professionals
- masters
- experts
- pros
- old-timers
- old hands
rooks
2 of 2verb
as in hustles
to rob by the use of trickery or threats once you learn to recognize these swindler's tricks, no one will be able to use them to rook you Synonyms & Similar Words
- hustles
- plucks
- stings
- cheats
- screws
- sticks
- beats
- squeezes
- does
- chisels
- stiffs
- tricks
- cozens
- reams
- fiddles
- suckers
- fleeces
- mulcts
- gaffs
- shorts
- skunks
- skins
- swindles
- fools
- cons
- victimizes
- deceives
- bleeds
- hoses
- nobbles
- gulls
- defrauds
- exploits
- diddles
- rips off
- flimflams
- bilks
- shakes down
- chouses
- shortchanges
- euchres
- does in
- wrenches
- thimblerigs
- takes to the cleaners
- sells a bill of goods to
- clips
- betrays
- takes for a ride
- nicks
- extorts
- gouges
- dupes
- bitches
- overcharges
- milks
- wrests
- soaks
- wrings
- double-crosses
- fast-talks
- bamboozles
- ropes (in)
