How do you use the word "rook" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "rook": A rook is a chess piece. The word "rook" comes from Sanskrit and means "chariot".

Rook Meaning

/ɹʊk/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.

nounA cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.

Sentence Examples

A rook is a chess piece.

The word "rook" comes from Sanskrit and means "chariot".

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

castle defraud

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The black bird with a bare face, called a ____, is common in European fields.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The chess player sacrificed her ____ to create an opening that allowed her bishop to dominate the board.

Word Origin & History

* Inherited from Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōk, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Old Norse hrókr, Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kerk- (“crow, raven”) (compare Old Irish cerc (“hen”), Old Prussian kerko (“loon, diver”), dialectal Bulgarian кро́кон (krókon, “raven”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “crow”), Old Armenian ագռաւ (agṙaw), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬝 (kahrkatat̰, “rooster”), Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “rooster”)), Ukrainian крук (kruk, “raven”). * (parson): Probably from the resemblance in plumage to a parson's garments.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"But what distinguishes the rook from the crow is the bill; the nostrils, chin, and sides of that and the mouth being in old birds white and bared of feathers, by often thrusting the bill into the ground in search of the erucæ of the Dor-beetle*; the rook then, instead of being proscribed, should be treated as the farmer's friend; as it clears his ground from caterpillars, that do incredible damage by eating the roots of the corn." — 1768, Thomas Pennant, British Zoology, page 168:

"To-night the winds begin to rise ⁠And roar from yonder dropping day: ⁠The last red leaf is whirl’d away, The rooks are blown about the skies; […]" — 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 24:

"Adventists still do not really know how to play cards, apart from the sanitized version of bridge, Rook." — 2007, Malcolm Bull, Keith Lockhart, Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream, page 174:

"They rook one shockingly at these places." — 1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night:

"Some had spent a week in Jersey before coming to Guernsey; and, from what Paddy had heard, they really do know how to rook the visitors over there." — 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 311:

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