schoolyard

noun

school·yard ˈskül-ˌyärd

plural schoolyards

: the area next to or surrounding a school where students typically play games or sports

He organized a marbles tournament that could take place only in the schoolyard during recess.—

Jerry Spinelli

… there was a schoolboyish quality to the way he did it—as if he were trying to show that he was the biggest, toughest boy in the schoolyard.—

Elizabeth Drew

—often used before another noun

schoolyard games

a schoolyard bully

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But [Star Wars] played a big part in how my imagination blossomed as a child, while running around my yard or the schoolyard, pretending to be those characters. —

Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024 Children in the schoolyard across the street, a truck backing up. —

Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024 But Biden's basic human decency was another thing that will be much more widely appreciated as the 47th president brings his relentless circus of daily outrages, provocations and schoolyard taunts back into our lives. —

Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 Love him or otherwise, the president-elect of the United States mostly communicates in schoolyard insults and mean tweets. —

Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for schoolyard