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- Dictionaryrook·ie/ˈro͝okē/
noun
- 1. a new recruit, especially in the army or police: informal "a rookie cop"
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a person who is new to an organization or an activity: These rookie cops don't know anything yet. Synonyms. greenhorn informal. newbie informal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. a new person. newcomer I was treated like a newcomer, even though I’d lived on the square for years.
The meaning of ROOKIE is recruit; also : novice. How to use rookie in a sentence.
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 / noun. informal. an inexperienced person or newcomer, esp a raw recruit in the army. Discover More.
a person who is new to an organization or an activity: These rookie cops don't know anything yet. Synonyms. greenhorn informal. newbie informal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. a new person. newcomer I was treated like a newcomer, even though I’d lived on the square for years.
A rookie is someone who has just started doing a job and does not have much experience, especially someone who has just joined the army or police force.
A rookie is someone who's new at something. The young football player who's just joined the NFL is a rookie, and if you just started your restaurant job yesterday, you're a rookie too. Police officers and members of the military also call recent recruits rookies.
6 days ago · rookie (plural rookies) An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces. A novice. 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.
noun. /ˈrʊki/ (informal) (especially North American English) a person who has just started a job or an activity and has very little experience. The transition from rookie to fighter pilot starts with selection day. Want to learn more?
Adjective. Designating or characteristic of a new recruit or team… Earlier version. rookie in OED Second Edition (1989) slang. noun. 1. 1868–. A new recruit, esp. in an army or police force. Also in extended use: a novice in a particular field or profession. 1868.
rookie definition: someone who has only recently started doing a job or activity and so has no experience: . Learn more.
