What is "rookie"

"raw recruit," 1892 in that spelling, popularized by Kipling's "Barrack-Room Ballads," of uncertain origin, perhaps from recruit, influenced by rook (n.1) in its secondary sense, suggesting "easy to cheat." Barrère ["A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant," 1890] has "Rookey (army), a recruit; from the black coat some of them wear," so perhaps directly from rook (n.1). Came into general use in American English during the Spanish-American War.\n\nThe rapid growth of a word from a single seed transplanted in a congenial soil is one of the curiosities of literature. Take a single instance. A few weeks ago there was not one American soldier in a thousand who knew there was such a word as "rookey." To-day there are few soldiers and ex-soldiers who have not substituted it for "raw recruit."

["The Midland Monthly," December 1898]

a. non-professional; amateur n. 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 first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players. 4 (context British English) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

n. an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: cub, greenhorn]

A rookie is a person in his or her first year of a sport, or someone who is new to a profession, training or activity such as a rookie police officer, rookie pilot, a recruit, or occasionally a freshman.

A rookie is a new player, sportsperson in his/her first year at senior level

Rookie or Rookies or The Rookie may refer to:

Rookie is an American online magazine for teenage girls created by fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson. Rookie publishes art and writing from a wide variety of contributors, including journalists, celebrities, and the magazine's readers. The subject matter ranges from pop culture and fashion to adolescent social issues and feminism. Rookie's content is divided into monthly "issues", each built around a theme. It updates five days a week, three times a day: roughly just after school, at dinnertime, and "when it’s really late and you should be writing a paper but are Facebook stalking instead."

is a song by Japanese band Sakanaction, released as their second single from Documentaly in March 2011. The song was stylistically different from the band's previous singles, featuring a strong electronic dance music sound, which reviewers in Japan praised for its tenacity, and its fusion of dance and rock music.

The physical edition of the single was released five days before the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which caused a delayed release in many regions of Japan. Much of the promotional activity was cancelled or postponed, with vocalist Ichiro Yamaguchi preferring to focus on raising spirits during radio interviews over promoting the song.