English-Dutch translations for rookie
- beginnelingEen bekende Tsjech heeft ooit gezegd: "Ik ben geen beginneling meer: er wordt van mij verwacht dat ik doelpunten maak; scoren is mijn job." A great Czech once said: 'I am no longer a rookie: goals are expected of me; scoring is my job.'
- nieuwkomer
- schacht
Definition of rookie
- An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces
- 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
- non-professional; amateur
Examples
- The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.
- the rookiest of rookie mistakes
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