English-Finnish translations for rookie

• aloittelija
  Eräs suuri tšekki sanoi kerran: "En ole enää aloittelija. Minulta odotetaan maaleja, ja pisteiden kerääminen on minun työtäni." A great Czech once said: 'I am no longer a rookie: goals are expected of me; scoring is my job.'
• keltanokka
• noviisi

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

Related words

• rook
• brook
• crook
• crookedness
• Brooke
• crooked
• rookery
• crookedly
• brookite