rookie

1. (intransitive) To be a rookie; to go through one's inexperienced learning period in a job, team, or organization.Examples: "In 1977 he rookied as a smokejumper with the International Forest Fire Systems, a private firm that contracted smokejumping services to Canada's Northwest Territories."; "As they go ton the stretch of road that ran between the park and the 5 Freeway, Stu said 'Schoelkopf gave me the kind of lecture I haven't heard since I rookied. […]'"; "He rookied in 1980 and settled in to play right field for the Detroit Tigers from 1983 to 1987 and was critical to the Tigers winning the 1984 World Series against the San Diego Padres."intransitive

2. (transitive, chiefly sports) To haze one or more rookies as an initiation ritual.Examples: "Great was my surprise when I found that I had been "rookied" in for a policing-up detail with no chance to "allez.""; "There is none of that 'rookying stuff' but they don't pay any attention to you either, and that is worse."; "I was rookied in women's (ice) hockey mid-winter. I was made to strip nude and walk into McDonald's and order a big Mac."transitive