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Meanings of
greenhorn
in English
Portuguese
rookie
Spanish
rookie
Back to the meaning
An awkward and inexperienced youth.
rookie
cub
Portuguese
rookie
Synonyms
Examples for "
rookie
"
rookie
cub
Examples for "
rookie
"
1
The
rookie
added seven of his 13 points in the second quarter.
2
The
rookie
defenseman's second career goal gave him a four-game point streak.
3
She knew Rapp was the real issue here, not this young
rookie
.
4
He became just the second
rookie
since 2000 to record that triple.
5
However, only Quarless and
rookie
Richard Rodgers have been used on offense.
1
The troll and her
cub
wandered off, looking for water, food, shade.
2
The
wolf
-
cub
soon became the pet and plaything of the animal kingdom.
3
The
cub
goes to its mother and they play in the sand.
4
For months and months the
geek
-
cub
hadbeen asking us to play Monopoly.
5
Ayla discovered, to her surprise, that the
cub
was actually a help.
Usage of
greenhorn
in English
1
A man must be still a
greenhorn
in the ways of the
2
I most certainly came across as the wet-behind-the-ears
greenhorn
that I was.
3
Jeannie clean fergits she was a
greenhorn
herself onct; we all wuz.
4
It is, I know, sometimes thought allowable to take in a
greenhorn
.
5
If you are in such a hurry, you shall not know,
greenhorn
.
6
When I need a guardian I certainly shall not select a
greenhorn
.
7
Of course you must understand that I was a
greenhorn
at diving.
8
Only a foolhardy or
greenhorn
explorer could make headway in Atlantic navigation.
9
Never again will I trust mine eyes for knowledge of a
greenhorn
.
'
10
What do you take us for anyway- abunchof gullible
greenhorn
fools?
11
I am a
greenhorn
myself, and a fool in her hands-anold fool.
12
You fellow yonder, you
greenhorn
,
threw the stone over the roof.
13
A
greenhorn
might have lost the track many times, and made a none.
14
He hefted out both guns and trained 'em on the
greenhorn
.
15
But little fish are sweet, and he thought he had secured a
greenhorn
.
16
Could not a girl see it was a shuffle to hoodwink a
greenhorn
?
Other examples for "greenhorn"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
greenhorn
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
little greenhorn
old greenhorn
young greenhorn
call a greenhorn
say the greenhorn
More collocations
Translations for
greenhorn
Portuguese
rookie
novato
Spanish
rookie
Greenhorn
through the time
Greenhorn
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common