Verb
once you learn to recognize these swindler's tricks, no one will be able to use them to rook you Noun (3)
every year the coaches have to deal with rooks who don't know the rules yet
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Noun
Mike Will out for $20 mil in for $3m. Poona in for minimum and out for $27m. Josh P from rook deal to out for $36m. Fulton in for cheap out $20m to Chiefs (thx for the comp pick).—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 18 June 2025 Any film with a title containing any of the following names for chess pieces: king, queen, rook (or castle), bishop, knight, pawn.—Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025
Verb
The state says Trump rooked his way into the financing, at attractive interest rates, by padding his wealth.—Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for rook
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English hrōc; akin to Old High German hruoch rook
Noun (2)
Middle English rok, from Anglo-French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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