Rooked vs Hooked - What's the difference?
rooked | hooked |
(rook)
A European bird, Corvus frugilegus , of the crow family.
* Pennant
A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
(British) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
To cheat or swindle.
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 311:
(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
(rare) A castle or other fortification.
mist; fog; roke
(hook)
Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
As verbs the difference between rooked and hooked
is that rooked is past tense of rook while hooked is past tense of hook.As an adjective hooked is
having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.rooked
English
Verb
(head)rook
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) rok, roke, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The rook should be treated as the farmer's friend.
- (Wycherley)
Synonyms
* (swindler) swindler, cheatHypernyms
* (bird) bird * (firecracker) firecrackerVerb
(en verb)- 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.
Synonyms
* (sense) cheat, con, do, dupe, have, swindleEtymology 2
From (etyl) roc, ultimately from (etyl) . Compare (roc).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (chesspiece) castleSee also
* *See also
* squabEtymology 3
From rookie .Etymology 4
Noun
(-)Etymology 5
Anagrams
* ----hooked
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a hooked nose
- He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.
- You only have to try heroin once to become hooked .