ROOK as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) rook is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) rook is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

ROOK as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • deprive of by deceit
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • He swindled me out of my inheritance
    • She defrauded the customers who trusted her
    • the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
    Hypernyms(s) rook is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)