schoolboy
pronunciation
How to pronounce schoolboy in British English:
UK [ˈskuːlbɔɪ]
How to pronounce schoolboy in American English:
US [ˈskuːlbɔɪ]
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- Noun:
- a boy attending school
Word Origin
- schoolboy (n.)
- 1580s, from school (n.1) + boy. As an adjective from 1874. Related: Schoolboyish.
Antonym
Example
- 1. He had a naughty schoolboy 's gleeful disregard for rules .
- 2. Kevin rudd , as every australian schoolboy knows , is one of the few mandarin-speaking leaders outside beijing .
- 3. When I look at the flash community today , I see too many of us who are stuck like that schoolboy .
- 4. When I was a schoolboy or a student at the university , there were no strong ideological debates in public opinion , as people generally accepted a sort of mild social-democratic approach .
- 5. Astana , kazakhstan - valentina sivryukova knew her public service messages were hitting the mark when she heard how one kazakh schoolboy called another stupid .