rookie

Etymology
Thought to be an alteration of, or from. Another possible origin is (short for ), a common term for a shipmate. Also suggested is.

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/her 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.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:beginner
 * See also Thesaurus:beginner
 * See also Thesaurus:beginner
 * See also Thesaurus:beginner
 * See also Thesaurus:beginner
 * See also Thesaurus:beginner

Translations

 * Bulgarian: новобра́нец
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ;
 * French:
 * Galician: anovao, pistolo, pipiolo
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: гуштер
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: zelenáč, nováček
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: anovao, codio, garamufo
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: новајлија, новак
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, novicio,
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: ルーキー,

Adjective

 * 1) non-professional; amateur
 * The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.
 * the rookiest of rookie mistakes

Verb

 * 1)  To be a rookie; to go through one's inexperienced learning period in a job, team, or organization.
 * 2)  To haze one or more rookies as an initiation ritual.
 * 1)  To haze one or more rookies as an initiation ritual.
 * 1)  To haze one or more rookies as an initiation ritual.
 * 1)  To haze one or more rookies as an initiation ritual.
 * 1)  To haze one or more rookies as an initiation ritual.

Etymology
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