rookie

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[edit] Etymology

Thought to be an alteration of recruit. Another reasonable origin is Dutch 'broekie' (short for broekvent, a boy still in short trousers), a common term for a shipmate.

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Singular
rookie

Plural
rookies

rookie (plural rookies)

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

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[edit] Adjective

rookie (not comparable)

Positive
rookie

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

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

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