schoolkid

noun

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

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The latter film explores the dramatic effort to save a group of schoolkids stranded in a cable car in a remote area of Northern Pakistan after a high-tension wire snapped, leaving them dangling almost a thousand feet above a valley. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026 Change affects nearly 30 million schoolkids The new rules will change meals served to about 30 million students enrolled in the National School Lunch Program. Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026 Imagine the type of traveler who might buy out Fawn Bluff: perhaps an extended multigenerational family, with schoolkids clamoring for their spot in the bunk beds and teens trying to claim the lake cabin (god help us all). Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2025 In early versions of the script, Alex actually played no part in Gladys’ second spell that brought the 17 schoolkids to his doorstep so that Gladys could try once more to fully recuperate. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for schoolkid

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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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 28 Jan. 2026.

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