ROOKIE

Rookie

A rookie is a person in his or her first year of a sport, or someone who is new to a profession, training or activity such as a rookie police officer, rookie pilot, a recruit, or occasionally a freshman.

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rookie

Noun

  1. An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
  2. A novice.
  3. An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
  4. A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

Adjective

  1. non-professional; amateur
    The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.


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