Schoolgirl Meaning
/ˈskuːlɡɜː(ɹ)l/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA girl attending school.
verbTo restrain in a schoolgirl pin.
Sentence Examples
She showed me a picture of her mother as a schoolgirl.
Tom is as giddy as a schoolgirl.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The young ____ wore a uniform and carried books to her class.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The determined ____ practiced her speech every evening before the debate competition.
Word Origin & History
Compound of school + girl.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1975, John Greaves, Dickens at Doughty Street, page 33:
"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."
— 2006, Porter Shreve, Drives Like a Dream:
"“Grotesque” is full of schoolgirls in long socks but blanchingly free of cuteness, a combination we might call Uh-Oh Kitty."
— 2007 April 15, Sophie Harrison, “Memoirs of a Geisha’s Sister”, in The New York Times:
"Victoria & Nidia beat Stratus & Kim in 3:45 when Victoria schoolgirled Kim."
— 2004, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, page 57:
"She tags herself in only to get schoolgirled for the pin."
— 2017, James Dixon, Arnold Furious, Bob Dahlstrom, The Raw Files: 2001, page 121:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The young ____ wore a uniform and carried books to her class.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The determined ____ practiced her speech every evening before the debate competition.