How to pronounce "rook"

• "rook" pronounced in English.

• "rook" pronounced in Dutch.

Meanings and definitions of "rook"

Noun

(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

Synonyms:

• castle
• rook

Noun

common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

Synonyms:

• rook
• Corvus frugilegus

Verb

deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";

Synonyms:

• victimize
• swindle
• rook
• goldbrick
• nobble
• diddle
• bunco
• defraud
• scam
• mulct
• hornswoggle
• short-change
• con