rookie
An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
Noun 4 meanings
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/her first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.
Adjective 1 meaning
Non-professional; amateur
“The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.”
Verb 2 meanings
To be a rookie; to go through one's inexperienced learning period in a job, team, or organization.
To haze one or more rookies as an initiation ritual.
Etymology
Thought to be an alteration of recruit + -ie, or from rook (“a cheat”) + -ie. Another possible origin is Dutch broekie (short for broekvent (“a boy still in short trousers”)), a common term for a shipmate. Also suggested is Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”).
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ROOKIE at a glance
ROOKIE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + O 1 + O 1 + K 5 + I 1 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,737 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with rookie
All rhymes- COOKIE12
- JUNKIE17
- DICKIE13
- PINKIE12
- TALKIE10
- QUICKIE22
- BOOKIE12
- CHUCKIE18
- YORKIE13
- MUSKIE12
- LOOKIE10
- BREKKIE17
One letter away
- COOKIE12
- BOOKIE12
- ROOMIE8
- LOOKIE10
- NOOKIE10
- ROOFIE9
- KOOKIE14
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