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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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
And while the vision of Young, a vigorous 70 in his trademark schoolboy shorts, tie, crew socks and black shoes, is always amusing, there was nothing but serious respect for his finger-blistering playing.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Tempest, grateful for his schoolboy French, paused to talk to her.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
The four-part series followed a 13-year-old schoolboy named Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) who was arrested after a girl in his school was murdered.
—Dory Jackson, People.com, 20 June 2025
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Noun
The wreckage was first spotted by a schoolboy in Feb. 2024.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
And while the vision of Young, a vigorous 70 in his trademark schoolboy shorts, tie, crew socks and black shoes, is always amusing, there was nothing but serious respect for his finger-blistering playing.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
Tempest, grateful for his schoolboy French, paused to talk to her.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
The four-part series followed a 13-year-old schoolboy named Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) who was arrested after a girl in his school was murdered.
—Dory Jackson, People.com, 20 June 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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