{
    "term": "rookie",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who has just started a job or an activity and has very little experience",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The transition from rookie to fighter pilot starts with selection day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a member of a sports team in his or her first full year of playing that sport",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Derek Jeter was voted American League Rookie of the Year in 1996."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rookie quarterback"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrʊki/",
                "audio": "ro/rookie/rookie__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrʊki/",
                "audio": "ro/rookie/rookie__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 19th cent.: perhaps an alteration of recruit, influenced by rook ‘black bird’."
}