Sinhala Dictionary definitions for rook
rook 🔊 /ɹʊˈk/
rook : ලොකු කපුටු වර්ගයක්
rook : වංචාකාරයා
rook : රවටනවා
rook definition
Noun.
- Mist; fog. See Roke.
- One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
- 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.
- A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
Intransitive verb. To squat; to ruck.
Transitive verb. & i. To cheat; to defraud by cheating.