rook

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for rook

rook 🔊 /ɹʊˈk/

rook : ලොකු කපුටු වර්ගයක්

rook : වංචාකාරයා

rook : රවටනවා

rook definition

Noun.

  1. Mist; fog. See Roke.
  2. One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
  3. A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
  4. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.

Intransitive verb. To squat; to ruck.

Transitive verb. & i. To cheat; to defraud by cheating.