schoolkid

noun

school·​kid ˈskül-ˌkid How to pronounce schoolkid (audio)
: a child or teenager attending school

Examples of schoolkid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Through the snores of travelers inches from my face and the antics of schoolkids ignoring their chaperones. Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 29 June 2024 An undercover reporter for the BBC met dealers making thousands of pounds a day selling drugs to schoolkids on socials. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024 In a theater stuffed with schoolkids, all was calm until movie actors — probing through this Arctic habitat — warily opened a door. Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024 Or the frustrated United Airlines captain who wanted to divert his flight because of unruly schoolkids in the back of the plane? Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for schoolkid 

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Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of schoolkid was in 1934

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“Schoolkid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolkid. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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