schoolkid

noun

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

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Our sleep needs change over the course of our lifetimes—from 17 hours a day as a newborn, to up to 12 hours as a schoolkid, to the seven- to nine-hour benchmark for adults. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, the nonprofit Trust for Public Land has worked with schoolkids to renovate playgrounds into inviting community parks in areas with less access to outdoor space. Anna North, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024 Many American schoolkids can recite the misadventures of scofflaws such as Jesse James, but Moses’s story got forgotten — at least until Roberts went digging. Drew Goins, Washington Post, 30 July 2024 Through the snores of travelers inches from my face and the antics of schoolkids ignoring their chaperones. Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 29 June 2024 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 9 Dec. 2024.

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