inexperienced person
101cherry — 1. n. an inexperienced person; a novice. □ He’s just a cherry. He don’t know from nothing. □ She’s a cherry when it comes to computers. 2. n. the hymen. (Usually objectionable.) □ Her cherry is intact, but she’s no virgin …
102shavetail — n. a second lieutenant; a noncommissioned officer in the army; any inexperienced person. (Military. From a nickname for an untrained mule that is marked by a shaved tail.) □ This shavetail here is trying to tell me my job. □ Who’s the shavetail… …
103sapling — ► NOUN 1) a young, slender tree. 2) literary a young and slender or inexperienced person …
104squab — ► NOUN 1) a young unfledged pigeon. 2) Brit. the padded back or side of a vehicle seat. 3) a thick cushion, especially one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. ORIGIN originally in the sense «inexperienced person»: of unknown origin …
105whippersnapper — ► NOUN informal ▪ a young and inexperienced person who is presumptuous or overconfident. ORIGIN perhaps representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance …
106callow — [OE] Old English calu meant ‘bald’. Eventually, the word came to be applied to young birds which as yet had no feathers, and by the late 16th century it had been extended metaphorically to any young inexperienced person or creature. It probably… …
107colt — [kōlt] n. [ME & OE < ? IE * gel d < base * gel , to form a ball > CLAW] 1. a young male horse, donkey, etc.; specif., a thoroughbred four years of age or under or a standardbred three years of age 2. a young, inexperienced person …
108entry-level — [en′trē lev΄əl] adj. 1. designating or of a job or position offered to an inexperienced person, that usually pays low wages but provides training and experience and the prospect of future advancement 2. basic; introductory [an entry level course… …
109fledgling — [flej′liŋ] n. 1. a young bird just fledged 2. a young, inexperienced person: Also Chiefly Brit. fledgeling …
110gosling — [gäz′liŋ] n. [ME goslynge (see GOOSE & LING1), for geslynge < ON gæslingr] 1. a young goose 2. a young and foolish or inexperienced person …
