All 5 Uses of
rogue
in
Harry Potter (#2) and the Chamber of Secrets
- He gave them another roguish wink.†
Chpt 6
- THE ROGUE BLUDGER†
Chpt 10
- Go back to the rest of the team and let me deal with the rogue one.†
Chpt 10 *
- He could hear laughter from the crowd; he knew he must look very stupid, but the rogue Bludger was heavy and couldn't change direction as quickly as Harry could; he began a kind of roller-coaster ride around the edges of the stadium, squinting through the silver sheets of rain to the Gryffindor goal posts, where Adrian Pucey was trying to get past Wood A whistling in Harry's ear told him the Bludger had just missed him again; he turned right over and sped in the opposite direction.†
Chpt 10
- Through the thicket of legs around him, Harry spotted Fred and George Weasley, wrestling the rogue Bludger into a box.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(rogue) not normal and possibly dangerous -- possibly aloneThe exact meaning of rogue can depend upon its context. For example:
- "a rogue state" -- (politics) a dangerous country that ignores international conventions
- "a rogue animal" -- (especially of an elephant) dangerous and not living with or like its kind
- "a rogue trader" -- (finance) an employee who makes unauthorized and improper securities trades
- "a rogue wave" -- (oceanography) a dangerous wave that is much larger than others around it
- "rogue cells" -- (biology) tumor cells
- "He is a rouge." -- someone who is deceitful and unprincipled (though possibly liked despite that)