rookie
IPA: rˈʊki
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.
- (Britain) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.
verb
- (intransitive) To be a rookie; to go through one's inexperienced learning period in a job, team, or organization.
- (transitive, chiefly sports) To haze one or more rookies as an initiation ritual.
adjective
- non-professional; amateur
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Examples of "rookie" in Sentences
- No one belived that he is a rookie.
- He is a rookie but he is doing well.
- Everyone has a moment whe he used to be a rookie.
- The rookie was complemented for doing the work well.
- Davis became the oldest rookie in the history of the ABA.
- Ryder, clearly the rookie here, is rather dull and pallid.
- Cushing became the first rookie to earn the award in the season.
- Barring a catastrophe Andersen will win the Rookie of the Year Award.
- He finished the spectacular season with the Rookie of the Year Award.
- He was the second baseman and was chosen rookie of the year in the league.