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rooks
We have found lemma(root) word of rooks : rook.
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[rʊk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops
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Old English hrōc, probably imitative and of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roek
[rʊk], (Verb)
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- defraud, overcharge, or swindle (someone)
(e.g: police files are overflowing with complaints from people who've been rooked)
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Old English hrōc, probably imitative and of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roek
[rʊk], (Noun)
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- a chess piece, typically with its top in the shape of a battlement, that can move in any direction along a rank or file on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two rooks at opposite ends of the first rank
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Middle English: from Old French rock, based on Arabic ruḵḵ (of which the sense remains uncertain)
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