Schoolie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Schoolie is a noun meaning (Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
Meaning
(Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
More Meanings
- (Australia) A schoolteacher.
- (UK, military) An education officer.
- (equestrianism, informal) Synonym of school horse.
- (New York City, slang) A public school meal, the school cafeteria food.
- (US, fishing) A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.
Example Sentences
Some of the locals prey on the Schoolies.
If staying in November or December, the place is filled with hundreds of schoolies.
Schoolies tend to concentrate inside harbors and along beaches, often moving far inside tidal creeks and salt ponds.
But the victim in this case had been a schoolie, she′d been assaulted during Schoolies Week, and her attacker might have been a fellow schoolie.
Word Forms
- schoolies
- schooly
Synonyms for schoolie
Depending on context, synonyms include leaver.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include schooly, highschoolgirl, schoolkid, eshay, soph, schoolchild.
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