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Määritelmät

Substantiivi

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.

Adjektiivi

1. Non-professional; amateur

Verbi

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