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单词 rooks
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rook

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noun (1)

ˈru̇k How to pronounce rook (audio)
: a common Old World gregarious crow (Corvus frugilegus) that nests and roosts in usually treetop colonies

Illustration of rook

Illustration of rook

rook

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verb

rooked; rooking; rooks

transitive verb

: to defraud by cheating or swindling

rook

3 of 4

noun (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

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noun (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
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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 How to pronounce rook (audio)
: a crow of Europe and Asia that nests and sleeps in groups usually in the tops of trees

rook

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verb

rooked; rooking
: cheat entry 1 sense 2, swindle Don't shop there. They rooked me.

rook

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noun

: one of the pieces in the game of chess

rooks 1 of 2

noun

plural of rook
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

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  • 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
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rooks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rook
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)
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