schoolgirl

pronunciation

How to pronounce schoolgirl in British English: UK [ˈskuːlɡɜːl]word uk audio image

How to pronounce schoolgirl in American English: US [ˈskuːlɡɜːrl] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    a girl attending school

Word Origin

schoolgirl (n.)
1777, from school (n.1) + girl. As an adjective from 1922.

Example

1. I felt like a schoolgirl who just received her first kiss .
2. She looked like the kind of schoolgirl you couldn 't even gossip with about soap-opera characters .
3. A schoolgirl appeared in his place to collect the 1 00000 yuan ( 9500 ) cash prize .
4. The high school musical star 's long eyelashes and luxurious hair are the stuff of schoolgirl fantasies -- just as longtime girlfriend vanessa hudgens .
5. It was then , almost 30 years after she took a test as a schoolgirl in downtown st louis , missouri , that her iq came to light .

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