ROOKIE

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• Baseball hopeful

• Beginner

• Derek Jeter, in 1996

• First-timer

• First-year player

• Freshman player

• Green man

• Greenhorn

• Gridiron greenhorn

• Inexperienced one

• Low-paid pro, usually

• Major league novice

• Mike Piazza, in 1993

• NASCAR driver with yellow-striped bumper

• Neophyte

• New New York Yankee, e.g.

• New New York Yankee, maybe

• New player

• New staffer

• Newest member of the force

• Novice

• One just breaking in

• Police department newcomer

• Raw recruit

• Team newcomer

• Team prankster's target, often

• Team tenderfoot

• Team tyro

• Tenderfoot

• Tyro

• What each pro is once

• What every ballplayer was, once

• An awkward and inexperienced youth

rookie n AmE sl 1. Some dumb rookie was detailed for kitchen police for answering back Какого-то глупого новобранца послали вне очереди на кухню за то, что он пытался возражать старшему по званию 2. Rookies always receive very small pay Новички всегда мало получают He's a rookie on the police force Он в полиции работает недавно 3. The rookie tackled the old-time player and earned a lot of cheering and applause Новичок смело напал на опытного игрока, заслужив аплодисменты зрителей