All rook synonyms
rook
R r noun rook
- dodger β a person who dodges.
- dodgers β a person who dodges.
- conniver β to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- connivers β to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.
- apprentice β An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
- masquerader β a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- four-flusher β a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- chessman β any of the eight pieces and eight pawns used by each player in a game of chess
- chesspiece β any of the eight pieces (excluding the pawns) used by each player in a game of chess
- gouger β a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
verb rook
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- misdirect β to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
- hosed β a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
- gammon β deceitful nonsense; bosh.
- disinformed β Simple past tense and past participle of disinform.
- gyp β a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
- offload β Unload (a cargo).
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- impose on β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- leeched β any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- misguide β to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- disinform β to give or supply disinformation to.
- bleed β When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- leeching β any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- beguile β If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- fast talk β to persuade with facile argument, usually with the intention to deceive or to overwhelm rational objections: The salesperson tried to fast-talk me into buying a suit I didn't want.
- fleece β the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- caboodle β a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
- misdirected β Simple past tense and past participle of misdirect.
- double-deal β to practice double-dealing.
- murphy β an Irish or white potato.
- bunco β a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- illude β to deceive or trick.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- fob off β Archaic. to cheat; deceive.
- hosing β an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
- mislead β to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- dupe β duplicate.
- illuded β to deceive or trick.
- bunking β a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- bilk β To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
- hocuspocus β Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- do a number on β a numeral or group of numerals.
- bend the rules β to ignore rules or change them to suit one's own convenience
- cheat β When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- gip β Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- mulct β to deprive (someone) of something, as by fraud, extortion, etc.; swindle.
- gipped β Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.