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rooked

rooked is the simple past and past participle of rook.

Meaning of rook

Verb (1)

rook (third-person singular simple present rooks, present participle rooking, simple past and past participle rooked)

  1. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
    • They rook one shockingly at these places.1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night
    Synonyms:
    cheat, con, do, dupe, have, swindle, trick

Verb (2)

rook (third-person singular simple present rooks, present participle rooking, simple past and past participle rooked)

  1. (obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
    • The raven rook'd her on the chimney's topc. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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Questions about rooked

What is rooked the simple past and past participle of?
Rooked is the simple past and past participle of rook.

Words near rooked in the dictionary

  1. rook's pawn
  2. rook's pawns
  3. Rookard
  4. Rookards
  5. rooke
  6. rooked
  7. rooker
  8. rookeried
  9. rookeries
  10. rookers
  11. rookery

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