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schoolgirl

noun

  1. young female student
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈskuːlɡɜː(ɹ)l/

noun

Etymology: Compound of school + girl.

  1. A girl attending school.

    That he married the wrong sister (as is sometimes suggested) is scarcely a feasible explanation, for Mary was hardly more than a schoolgirl when Dickens first came into the Hogarth family.

    Jessica expected to find her mother in her office, talking to Norm. Lydia had been on the phone a lot lately, off whispering in a corner, like a schoolgirl with a secret crush.

verb

Etymology: Compound of school + girl.

  1. To restrain in a schoolgirl pin.

    Victoria & Nidia beat Stratus & Kim in 3:45 when Victoria schoolgirled Kim.

    She tags herself in only to get schoolgirled for the pin.