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Synonyms for rook

Grammar : Verb
Spell : roo k
Phonetic Transcription : rʊk

Top 10 synonyms for rook
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Définition of rook

Origin :
  • "European crow," Old English hroc, from Proto-Germanic *khrokaz (cf. Old Norse hrokr, Middle Dutch roec, Dutch roek, Middle Swedish roka, Old High German hruoh "crow"), possibly imitative of its raucous voice (cf. Gaelic roc "croak," Sanskrit kruc "to cry out"). Used as a disparaging term for persons since at least c.1500, and extended by 1570s to mean "a cheat," especially at cards or dice.
  • verb trick
  • verb cheat
Example sentences :
  • One day he happened to mention his trouble and disappointment to the Rook.
  • Extract from : « What the Blackbird said » by Mrs. Frederick Locker
  • That they are,” replied the Rook, “and they ought to be taught better.
  • Extract from : « What the Blackbird said » by Mrs. Frederick Locker
  • The following day the Blackbird had a long talk with the Rook.
  • Extract from : « What the Blackbird said » by Mrs. Frederick Locker
  • I carried the lady into her rook, and they ran for a surgeon and a midwife.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • If one rook of a colony gets into trouble, all the rest are worried about him directly.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • He had a gun on his shoulder, and carried by the claws the body of a rook with white wings.
  • Extract from : « That Stick » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Swallows often buffet a crow; but this was a clear case of a rook attacking.
  • Extract from : « Round About a Great Estate » by Richard Jefferies
  • We'll rook him at poker and bridge and shooting, and a few other things.
  • Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page
  • Then came a rook, in black, like a minister, with spectacles and white cravat.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI » by Louisa M. Alcott
  • Every rook within a mile flew from its eyrie and cawed strenuously.
  • Extract from : « The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley » by Louis Tracy

Antonyms for rook

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