schoolgirl
pronunciation
How to pronounce schoolgirl in British English:
UK [ˈskuːlɡɜːl]
How to pronounce schoolgirl in American English:
US [ˈskuːlɡɜːrl]
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- 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 .