rooknoun [ C ]
uk/rʊk/us/rʊk/rook noun [ C ] (BIRD)
a large black bird similar to a crow
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Other wild birds
- bird of paradise
- blackbird
- blue tit
- bluebird
- bluejay
- honeyeater
- house martin
- house sparrow
- hummingbird
- Indian mynah
- martin
- mockingbird
- mynah
- nightingale
- oriole
- starling
- swift
- toucan
- turtle dove
- warbler
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rook noun [ C ] (GAME PIECE)
informal castle in the game of chess, a piece that can move along any number of squares in straight lines parallel to the sides of the board
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Board games
- backgammon
- bishop
- blitz
- board game
- castle
- Chinese chequers
- Chutes and Ladders
- counter
- defence
- draught
- endgame
- forfeit
- gambit
- opening
- pawn
- pin
- queen
- queenside
- resign
- square
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rookverb [ T ]
uk/rʊk/us/rʊk/old-fashioned informalto cheat someone out of some money
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- honeyfuggle
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- poison
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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