schoolie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
  2. A schoolteacher.
  3. An education officer.
  4. A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.
  5. Synonym of school horse.
  6. A public school meal, the school cafeteria food.

Pronunciation

en-au-schoolie.ogg

Word forms

schoolie schoolies schooly skoolie

Etymology

From school + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

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