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{{wiktionary|rook|rooks}} '''Rook''' or '''rooks''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Games== *[[Rook (chess)]], a piece in chess that moves horizontally and vertically *[[Rook (card game)]], a trick-taking card game ==People, characters, individuals== *a [[rookie]], a rook *[[Russell Rook, Baron Rook]] (The Lord Rook; 21st century), British Anglican priest; elevated to Baron Rook lifepeerage in 2024 *[[Rook (surname)]] * [[Jared Isaacman]] (callsign "Rook"), U.S. entrepreneur, e-finance executive, aerospace executive, private astronaut, administrator-designate of NASA * [[Martin "Rook" O'Prey]] (1962–1991), Northern Ireland republican paramilitary *Erik "Rook" Ortiz, member of the U.S. hiphop collective ''[[J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League]]'' * [[Rook Valard]] (born 1974), U.S. musician ===Fictional entities=== *[[The Rook (comics)]], a comic book character from ''Eerie'' magazine *[[Rook (G.I. Joe)|Rook (''G.I. Joe'')]], a character in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe *Rook, an Utrom in [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) (season 4)|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' season 4]] *[[Rook Bartley]], a character in ''Robotech'' *Rook Blonko, a character in ''[[Ben 10: Omniverse]]'' ==Places== *[[Montes Rook]], a mountain range on the Moon *[[Rooks County, Kansas]], USA *[[Rook Mountain]], a summit in Alaska, USA *[[Qolla l-Bajda Battery]] or Rook, a discothèque in Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta *[[Rook Clift]], South Harting, West Sussex, England, UK; an SSSI *[[Rooks Bridge]], Rooksbridge, East Brent, Somerset, England, UK; a former 17th-century bridge in Snighampton over the Mark Yeo stream *[[Rook Street]], Mere, Wiltshire, England, UK ===Fictional locations=== * [[Rook Islands]], a fictional group of islands in the videogame ''Far Cry 3'' ==Arts, entertainment, media== *[[Rook (album)|''Rook'' (album)]], 2008 album by Shearwater *[[The Rook (novel)|''The Rook'' (novel)]], a 2011 supernatural thriller by [[Daniel O'Malley]] **[[The Rook (TV series)|''The Rook'' (TV series)]], a TV series on ''Starz'' ==Transport and vehicular== *[[Rook (rocket)]], a British rocket launched between 1959 and 1972 *Rook, an 1874 [[South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives|South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotive]] ===Military=== *[[Sukhoi Su-25|Sukhoi ''Su-25'']] "Rook" ({{langx|ru|link=no|Грач|Grach|Rook}}, the bird ''C. frugilegus'') NATO reporting name "Frogfoot", a close air support aircraft *{{ship|USS|Rooks|DD-804}}, a destroyer launched in 1944, a Cold War U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer *{{ship|HMS|Rook|1806}}, a 19th-century British Royal Navy Cuckoo-class schooner ==Zoology== *[[Rook (bird)]] (''Corvus frugilegus''), a bird of the corvid family *a [[rookery]], a rook ==Other uses== *[[Rook (piercing)]], a piercing on the anti-helix of the ear *Symbol of a [[fortification]], fort, fortress, castle ==See also== {{canned search|rook|r-o-o-k|rook's|rooks|rook-s}} {{canned search|r-ook|roo-k|ro-ok|ro-o-k|r-o-ok|r-oo-k}} * ''[[Rook's Textbook of Dermatology]]'' * [[Senter-Rooks House]], Humboldt, Tennessee, USA; an NRHP-listed building, a mayoral mansion * Rooksbridge, [[East Brent]], Somerset, England, UK; a hamlet where Rooks Bridge was * [[Rooks Creek (disambiguation)|Rooks Creek]] (disambiguation) * {{lookfrom|ROOK}} * {{lookfrom|Rook}} *{{intitle|rooks}} *{{intitle|rook}} *[[Rooke]] *[[Rookery (disambiguation)]] *[[Rookie (disambiguation)]] *[[Rok (disambiguation)]] {{disambiguation}}
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