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| amateur |
of or pertaining to an amateur or amateurs; not professional. [1/5 definitions] |
| amateurish |
not of professional or expert quality; characteristic of an amateur; lacking skill. |
| detective story |
a fictional account of how a crime, usu. a murder, is solved by an amateur or professional detective. |
| dramatics |
(used with a pl. verb) theatrical productions, esp. amateur ones. [1/3 definitions] |
| ham2 |
a licensed amateur operator of a radio transmitter. [1/3 definitions] |
| little theater |
a small theater, producing experimental and usu. amateur drama. [1/2 definitions] |
| Olympic Games |
an international amateur athletic competition patterned after the ancient Greek games, held every four years in different countries, with separate dates and locations for winter and warm-weather sports. |
| pothunter |
(informal) an amateur or untrained archaeologist. [1/3 definitions] |
| professionalism |
the attitude, methods, or standards of a professional, esp. as opposed to those of an amateur. |
| shutterbug |
(informal) an avid amateur photographer. |
| turn pro |
to become a professional at some activity, usu. a sport, that one formerly engaged in as an amateur or for pleasure. |
| U.S. Open |
a major annual tennis tournament held in the U.S. in late summer, open to all contestants, amateur and professional. |
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