1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a schoolboy
schoolboy pranks
2
: of, relating to, or being a sport for high school or prep school boys
also
: being one who participates in such sports
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Recommended reading Morgan Gibbs-White – the mischievous schoolboy who became a ‘special’ footballer
Marcus Rashford at Manchester United.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
The peewee population interacted with each other in various settings and included bocce bowlers, bare-bottomed peasants, baguette bakers, blind men, the mustachioed mayor, female fishmongers, dunce hat-wearing schoolboys, snail saleswomen, and gobs more characters.
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
At Exeter City, he was rejected once before belatedly signing schoolboy forms.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Noun
In Britain, Musk has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right extremist who was jailed for 18 months in October for repeating a libelous claim about a Syrian refugee schoolboy attacking girls.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Recommended reading Morgan Gibbs-White – the mischievous schoolboy who became a ‘special’ footballer
Marcus Rashford at Manchester United.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
The peewee population interacted with each other in various settings and included bocce bowlers, bare-bottomed peasants, baguette bakers, blind men, the mustachioed mayor, female fishmongers, dunce hat-wearing schoolboys, snail saleswomen, and gobs more characters.
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
At Exeter City, he was rejected once before belatedly signing schoolboy forms.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for schoolboy
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“Schoolboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolboy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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