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rookie

[ rook-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an athlete playing their first season as a member of a professional sports team:
The rookie replaced the injured regular at first base.
a raw recruit, as in the army or on a police force.
a novice; tyro.

rookie

/ ˈrʊkɪ /

Origin of rookie¹

1890–95; alteration of recruit; -y ²

Origin of rookie¹

C20: changed from recruit

The Lion Air captain had left his rookie copilot to make the landing until he realized he was in trouble.

They castigated the captain, a 48-year-old Indonesian, and his rookie copilot, a 24-year-old Indian.

One of the rookie officers, Peter Liang, was walking with a flashlight in one hand and his gun in the other.

A 28-year-old gunned down in a dark, New York City hallway by a rookie cop who apparently made a fatal mistake.

Still, he was locked into his rookie contract, and had to ride out two more dysfunctional seasons of the show.

What's all that nonsense Ferrers gives us about the old days when he was such a rookie from civil life?

A Reservist is a dug-out, a recruit a rookie, and a veteran an old sweat.

No, admitted the rookie reluctantly, yo nevah tol me nuthin.

Some of the happier memories of my rookie days die with him.

McRae had taken him when he was a raw rookie and given him his chance with the Giants to show what he could do.

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