rookie

noun · adjective · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

rookies

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.
(British)A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

rookier

Superlative

rookiest

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

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

rookies

V_ing/Gerund

rookying

V_ed/pp

rookied

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

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

beginnernewbienoobtyro novice

Cùng gốc / liên quan

cookeerookielikerookie numbersrookie cardnaive rookyrooky (homophone)

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Nguồn gốc từ

Thought to be an alteration of recruit -ie, or from rook + -ie. Another possible origin is nl broekie (short for broekvent (a boy still in short trousers)), a common term for a shipmate. Also suggested is Irish rúca (an inexperienced person).