ROOK


Meaning of ROOK in English

I. ˈru̇k noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrōc; akin to Old High German hruoch rook

Date: before 12th century

: a common Old World gregarious crow ( Corvus frugilegus ) that nests and roosts in usually treetop colonies

II. transitive verb

Date: circa 1590

: to defraud by cheating or swindling

III. noun

Etymology: Middle English rok, from Anglo-French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh

Date: 14th century

: 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

IV. noun

Date: 1905

: rookie

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.