rook
nomverbenomnomnomverbeverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ɹɵk//
- Australie//ɹʊk//
- Écosse//ɾʉk//
- //ɹuːk//
- //ɻʉk//
A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
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A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
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; […]
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A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
So I am (like an old rook, who is ruined by gaming) forced to live on the good fortune of the pushing young men, whose fancies are so vigorous that they ensure their success in their adventures with Muses, by their strength and imagination.
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A bad deal; a rip-off.
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A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
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A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
Adventists still do not really know how to play cards, apart from the sanitized version of bridge, Rook.
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archaïqueA parson.
Étymologie
* 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.
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To cheat or swindle.
They rook one shockingly at these places.
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.
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A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
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rareA castle or other fortification.
Étymologie
Inherited from Middle English rook, rooke, roke, rok, from Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”). Compare roc.
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argotA rookie.
Étymologie
From rookie.
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mist; fog; roke
Étymologie
Inherited from Middle English roke, rock, rok (“mist; vapour; drizzle; smoke; fumes”), from Old Norse *rauk, related to Icelandic rok, roka (“whirlwind; seafoam; seaspray”), Middle Dutch rooc, rok, Modern Dutch rook (“smoke; fog”).
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obsolèteTo squat; to ruck.
The raven rook'd her on the chimney's top
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Variante de lookPronunciation spelling of look, mimicking Asian speech.
Formes
- pluriel
- rooks
- passé
- rooked
- participe passé
- rooked
- participe présent
- rooking
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- rooks
rook · A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
rookie · An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed…room · Space for something, or to carry out an activity.roommate · A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory,…