rooks

We have found lemma(root) word of rooks : rook.

Definitions


[rʊk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops


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Origin:
Old English hrōc, probably imitative and of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roek


[rʊk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- defraud, overcharge, or swindle (someone)
(e.g: police files are overflowing with complaints from people who've been rooked)


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Origin:
Old English hrōc, probably imitative and of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roek


[rʊk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rock, based on Arabic ruḵḵ (of which the sense remains uncertain)




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