schoolgirl

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈskuːlɡɜː(ɹ)l/

Definition of schoolgirl

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A girl attending school.
    “That he married the wrong sister (as is sometimes suggested) is scarcely a feasible explanation, for Mary was hardly more than a schoolgirl when Dickens first came into the Hogarth family.”
    “Jessica expected to find her mother in her office, talking to Norm. Lydia had been on the phone a lot lately, off whispering in a corner, like a schoolgirl with a secret crush.”
    ““Grotesque” is full of schoolgirls in long socks but blanchingly free of cuteness, a combination we might call Uh-Oh Kitty.”
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noun

  1. A girl attending school.
    “That he married the wrong sister (as is sometimes suggested) is scarcely a feasible explanation, for Mary was hardly more than a schoolgirl when Dickens first came into the Hogarth family.”
    “Jessica expected to find her mother in her office, talking to Norm. Lydia had been on the phone a lot lately, off whispering in a corner, like a schoolgirl with a secret crush.”
    ““Grotesque” is full of schoolgirls in long socks but blanchingly free of cuteness, a combination we might call Uh-Oh Kitty.”

verb

  1. (rare, transitive)To restrain in a schoolgirl pin.
    “Victoria & Nidia beat Stratus & Kim in 3:45 when Victoria schoolgirled Kim.”
    “She tags herself in only to get schoolgirled for the pin.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Compound of school + girl.

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