Words that rhyme with brook

  • bankbook
    n 1: a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks [syn: bankbook, passbook]
  • book
    n 1: a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" 2: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" [syn: book, volume] 3: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" [syn: record, record book, book] 4: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance [syn: script, book, playscript] 5: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book] 6: a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game 7: a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" [syn: book, rule book] 8: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book] 9: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word] 10: a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" 11: a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps" v 1: engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" 2: arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" [syn: reserve, hold, book] 3: record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" 4: register in a hotel booker
  • buttonhook
    n 1: a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
  • casebook
    adj 1: according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example" [syn: casebook, textbook] n 1: a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work
  • cook
    n 1: someone who cooks food 2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) [syn: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook] v 1: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook" 2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare] 3: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" 4: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 5: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
  • cookbook
    n 1: a book of recipes and cooking directions [syn: cookbook, cookery book]
  • copybook
    n 1: a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship
  • crook
    n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor] 2: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn] 3: a long staff with one end being hook shaped [syn: crook, shepherd's crook] v 1: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply" [syn: crook, curve]
  • daybook
    n 1: a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred [syn: daybook, journal] 2: an accounting journal as a physical object; "he bought a new daybook" [syn: daybook, ledger]
  • fishhook
    n 1: a sharp barbed hook for catching fish
  • gobbledygook
    n 1: incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists
  • gook
    n 1: any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze] 2: (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War) [syn: gook, slant-eye]
  • guidebook
    n 1: something that offers basic information or instruction [syn: guidebook, guide]
  • handbook
    n 1: a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location [syn: handbook, enchiridion, vade mecum]
  • hook
    n 1: a catch for locking a door 2: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn: hook, crotchet] 3: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 4: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something [syn: hook, claw] 5: a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something 6: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking" [syn: hook, draw, hooking] 7: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent 8: a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket [syn: hook shot, hook] v 1: fasten with a hook [ant: unhook] 2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge] 3: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day" [syn: crochet, hook] 4: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left 5: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom] 6: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift] 7: hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly" 8: catch with a hook; "hook a fish" 9: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) [syn: addict, hook] 10: secure with the foot; "hook the ball" 11: entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" [syn: hook, snare] 12: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: hook, solicit, accost]
  • hornbook
    n 1: a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge
  • logbook
    n 1: a book in which the log is written
  • look
    n 1: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face] 2: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" [syn: look, looking, looking at] 3: physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place" 4: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] v 1: perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" 2: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" [syn: look, appear, seem] 3: have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" 4: search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" [syn: search, look] 5: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" [syn: front, look, face] [ant: back] 6: take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" [syn: attend, take care, look, see] 7: convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me" 8: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait] 9: accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" 10: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]
  • matchbook
    n 1: a small folder of paper safety matches
  • nook
    n 1: a sheltered and secluded place 2: an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" [syn: corner, nook]
  • notebook
    n 1: a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda 2: a small compact portable computer [syn: notebook, notebook computer]
  • outlook
    n 1: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations [syn: mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set] 2: belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn: expectation, outlook, prospect] 3: the act of looking out [syn: lookout, outlook]
  • passbook
    n 1: a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks [syn: bankbook, passbook]
  • playbook
    n 1: a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team) 2: a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays; "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene" 3: a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign; "they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition"
  • pothook
    n 1: an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire
  • precook
    v 1: cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long; "precook the rice"
  • rook
    n 1: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard [syn: castle, rook] 2: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow [syn: rook, Corvus frugilegus] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
  • schnook
    n 1: (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised; "don't be such an apologetic shnook" [syn: schnook, shnook]
  • schoolbook
    n 1: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" [syn: textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text] [ant: trade book, trade edition]
  • scrapbook
    n 1: an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted
  • shook
    n 1: a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
  • sketchbook
    n 1: a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn [syn: sketchbook, sketch block, sketch pad]
  • textbook
    adj 1: according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example" [syn: casebook, textbook] n 1: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" [syn: textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text] [ant: trade book, trade edition]
  • unhook
    v 1: take off a hook [ant: hook]
  • wordbook
    n 1: a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings)
  • workbook
    n 1: a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them
  • yearbook
    n 1: a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students 2: a reference book that is published regularly once every year [syn: annual, yearly, yearbook]
  • snook
    n 1: large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike
  • kirkuk
    n 1: a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean
  • pembroke
    n 1: the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail [syn: Pembroke, Pembroke Welsh corgi]
  • chinook
    n 1: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies [syn: chinook, chinook wind, snow eater] 2: a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes 3: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon [syn: chinook salmon, chinook, king salmon] 4: a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook [syn: Chinookan, Chinook] 5: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning [syn: chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha]
  • overcook
    v 1: cook too long; "The vegetables were completely overcooked"
  • cooke
    n 1: United States journalist (born in England in 1908) [syn: Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke] 2: United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905) [syn: Cooke, Jay Cooke]
  • hooke
    n 1: English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703) [syn: Hooke, Robert Hooke]
  • brooke
    n 1: English lyric poet (1887-1915) [syn: Brooke, Rupert Brooke]
  • checkbook
    n 1: a book issued to holders of checking accounts [syn: checkbook, chequebook]
  • beaverbrook
    n 1: British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964) [syn: Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken]
  • bolingbroke
    n 1: the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413) [syn: Henry IV, Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke]
  • innsbruck
    n 1: city in southwestern Austria; known as a summer and winter resort
  • betook
  • cashbook
  • chapbook
  • chook
  • donnybrook
  • forsook
  • mistook
  • overtook
  • partook
  • took
  • undercook
  • undertook
  • crooke
  • flook
  • stroock
  • decook
  • mccook
  • rebook
  • retook
  • unbook
  • vanhook
  • mook
  • schook
  • tooke
  • zook
  • rooke
  • allsbrook
  • ashbrook
  • benbrook
  • claybrook
  • colebrook
  • glazebrook
  • glenbrook
  • hasbrouck
  • holbrook
  • hornbrook
  • laibrook
  • lashbrook
  • lawbook
  • lynbrook
  • northbrook
  • oakbrook
  • philbrook
  • pollbook
  • redbook
  • rosebrook
  • saybrook
  • seabrook
  • stainbrook
  • timbrook
  • westbrook

See also brook definition and brook synonyms