rook meaning and definition

ROOK noun

Definition of rook (noun)

1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
   • synonyms: castle
2. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
   • synonyms: Corvus frugilegus

ROOK verb

Definition of rook (verb)

1. deprive of by deceit
   • "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"
   • synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize