different between kookie vs rookie

English

Etymology 1

kook(aburra) +? -ie

Alternative forms

• kooky

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?k?ki?/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Noun

kookie (plural kookies)

1. (Australian slang) kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Etymology 2

Adjective

kookie (comparative more kookie, superlative most kookie)

1. Alternative form of kooky

English

Etymology

Thought to be an alteration of recruit +? -ie, or from rook (“a cheat”) +? -ie. Another possible origin is Dutch broekie (short for broekvent (“a boy still in short trousers”)), a common term for a shipmate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ki/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Noun

rookie (plural rookies)

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. (Britain) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

Synonyms

• beginner
• newbie
• noob
• tyro
• novice
• See also Thesaurus:beginner

Translations

Adjective

rookie (comparative rookier, superlative rookiest)

1. non-professional; amateur

   The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.

   the rookiest of rookie mistakes

Translations

See also

• naive
• rooky (homophone)

Anagrams

• Koorie

Spanish

Noun

rookie m or f (plural rookies)

1. rookie