newbie

«newbie» in Mova's school dictionary: someone who is new to something, like a game, club, job… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a newbie, newbies)

meaning for a pupil

(slang) A newbie is someone who is new to something, like a game, club, job or website, and doesn't know much yet. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in gaming, online forums and everyday chat. Can be friendly or a bit teasing. Phrases: a total newbie, help the newbies.

examples

• I'm a newbie at chess, so go easy on me. tree →
• The newbies on our team are learning fast. tree →
• Everyone was a newbie once. tree →
• He's a newbie in the game, so he keeps falling off. tree →
• Be kind to newbies in the forum. tree →
• As a newbie, I asked lots of questions. tree →

note

Slang, informal. Plural: newbies. Similar: beginner, rookie, novice. «Noob» is a ruder version used in gaming; calling someone a noob can be unkind.

In the corpora

• Chloe's first drama club, a girl with a ponytail says loudly «Ugh, newbie» and rolls her eyes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «newbie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.