Dictionary

schoolgirl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈskuːlɡɜː(ɹ)l/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Compound of school + girl.

Meanings

1. A girl attending school.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • “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:

Forms

Coordinates

schoolboy

Deriveds

schoolgirlish · schoolgirlism · Kirkman's schoolgirl problem · schoolgirlhood · schoolgirl pin · schoolgirly · schoolgirldom

Hypernyms

schoolchild · pupil · student

Translations (58)

it alunna (girl attending school) · ja 女生徒 (girl attending school) · vi nữ sinh (girl attending school) · sh у̏ченица (girl attending school) · ja 女学生 (girl attending school) · is námsmær (girl attending school) · ru шко́льница (girl attending school) · ko 여학생 (girl attending school) · cs žačka (girl attending school) · hsb šulerka (girl attending school) · ko 녀학생 (girl attending school) · cs žákyně (girl attending school) · ja 女生 (girl attending school) · mk ученичка (girl attending school) · lv skolniece (girl attending school) · ar تِلْمِيذَة (girl attending school) · cmn 女學生 /女学生 (girl attending school) · fi koulutyttö (girl attending school) · pl uczennica (girl attending school) · sq nxënëse (girl attending school) · fr élève (girl attending school) · fr écolière (girl attending school) · sl šolarka (girl attending school) · km សិស្សស្រី (girl attending school) · bg у́ченичка (girl attending school) · uk учени́ця (girl attending school) · de Schülerin (girl attending school) · de Schulmädchen (girl attending school) · ru учени́ца (girl attending school) · nn skulejente (girl attending school) · pt aluna (girl attending school) · be вучані́ца (girl attending school) · fo skúlagenta (girl attending school) · ro școlăriță (girl attending school) · ro elevă (girl attending school) · nb skolepike (girl attending school) · be шко́льніца (girl attending school) · is skólastúlka (girl attending school) · sk školáčka (girl attending school) · ja 女子学生 (girl attending school) · is skólastelpa (girl attending school) · nn skolejente (girl attending school) · pt estudante (girl attending school) · da skolepige (girl attending school) · la discipula (girl attending school) · dsb wuknica (girl attending school) · cs školačka (girl attending school) · ja 女子生徒 (girl attending school) · nrf êcoliéthe (girl attending school) · it scolara (girl attending school) · nb skolejente (girl attending school) · ga cailín scoile (girl attending school) · wa scolresse (girl attending school) · uk школя́рка (girl attending school) · ja 女子児童 (girl attending school) · sv skolflicka (girl attending school) · cmn 女生 (girl attending school) · sh ȕčenica (girl attending school)

schoolgirl en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈskuːlɡɜː(ɹ)l/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Compound of school + girl.

Meanings

1. (rare, transitive) To restrain in a schoolgirl pin.
   • She tags herself in only to get schoolgirled for the pin. 2017, James Dixon, Arnold Furious, Bob Dahlstrom, The Raw Files: 2001, page 121:
   • Victoria & Nidia beat Stratus & Kim in 3:45 when Victoria schoolgirled Kim. 2004, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, page 57:

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