noob
Americannoun
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noobs
plural
noun
Usage
What does noob mean? In internet slang, noobs are hapless, unskilled beginners who don't know what they are doing. As far as gamers are concerned, a noob is a nothing more than an easy kill—or a real nuisance as a teammate.
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Etymology
Origin of noob
Shortening and alteration of newbie
Example Sentences
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“You just can’t help being a total noob when you get to a workplace because you lack the only thing that truly matters, which is experience,” Grandy added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A noob taking any more than that is set to take a trip to the moon.
From Salon ● May 15, 2025
The latest, Señor Carbón in Pioneer Square, offers a good primer for the Peruvian food noob with all the classics and comfort fare.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2022
It was at Plum Street, as a kid who arrived in town at the age of 10, that I learned that strawberry and grape were noob moves.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2021
Even though I’d been a gunter since day one, everyone still considered me a noob.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
"We talk about Christmas noobs, people who get the game for the first time over the holidays," says James.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The argument is not that you’re being disrespected by noobs invading your turf; it’s that you want to make sure you’re delivering what the client wants as efficiently as possible.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
The optimists talk about Dogecoin as a sort of starter crypto that the noobs will buy before getting into the real stuff.
From Slate ● May 5, 2021
I start coding them in Processing, which is a Java-based coding environment for coding noobs like myself.
From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2019
There wasn’t much to do on Incipio except chat with other noobs or shop in one of the giant virtual malls that covered the planet.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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