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Rookie - What does it mean?

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rookie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
  • A novice.
  • 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.
  • (British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

    • Synonyms

    * beginner * newbie, new boy * noob * tyro * novice * See also

    Adjective

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

    See also

    * naive * rooky (homophone)

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.