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rook

noun

  1. ear piercing
  2. piece from the board game chess
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verb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹʊk/ / /ɹuːk/ / /ɹʉk/

noun

Etymology: 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”).

  1. mist; fog; roke

verb

  1. Pronunciation spelling of look, mimicking Asian speech.