Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

highschoolboy

/ˈhaɪ.skuːlbɔɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: high-school-boy
IPA: /ˈhaɪ.skuːlbɔɪ/

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A male student of a high school.

Example Sentences

"The influence of father’s occupation on the vocational choices of highschoolboys."
"A studious highschoolboy he looked — as in fact I later found he was — bespectacled, with soft-curved face and withdrawn protected air: and I marvelled, envied him so untouched he seemed to be in that hammering brutal atmosphere."
"As a numerical example, the factor solutions of the YG Personality Inventory obtained from 3 groups of highschoolboys were checked numerically by means of sum of squares of differences and also of reference structure."

Etymology

From highschool + boy, on the pattern of schoolboy.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈhaɪ.skuːlbɔɪ/

Inflected Forms

highschoolboys (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

highschoolgirl

Questions

How do you pronounce highschoolboy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaɪ.skuːlbɔɪ/.
What does highschoolboy mean?: A male student of a high school.
Where does highschoolboy come from?: From highschool + boy, on the pattern of schoolboy.

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