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Word: rookie (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • non-professional; amateur

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Noun:

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

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