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
After initial care from medical staff, paramedics took the boy to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital’s emergency rook in Hollywood for further evaluation, Fire Rescue Division Chief Scott Gunn said.—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025 But every actor in the transfer market, whether queen, rook, or pawn, has to protect and maximise their own interests as far as possible, because that is what the market demands.—Mark Critchley, New York Times, 18 Aug. 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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