schoolie

[ skoo-lee ]

noun

1. a fish that swims within a school.
2. Australian Informal. a schoolteacher or student.

schoolie

/ ˈskuːlɪ /

noun

1. a schoolteacher
2. a high-school student
3. a holiday away from home in which large numbers of school leavers join together

Example Sentences

Some are part of the “schoolie” movement, families who have bought an old school bus and converted it into a mobile home.

From The Guardian

“Of course Schoolie McSchoolface is a suggested name for a school”

From Salon

They Are What They Eat If ever you've experienced a schoolie feeding frenzy, it will come as no surprise that dolphin are eating machines, chowing down almost continuously and capable of consuming the equivalent of up to 20 percent of their body weight per day.

From Time Magazine Archive

This does two things: It keeps a schoolie alive in the water so we can catch more dolphin from the school as they hang around the boat, and should a marlin suddenly show up excited by the dolphin frenzy, I have a rigged outfit ready for that billfish challenge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eric and I use small, white plastic grubtail jigs for lures on schoolie dolphin, and we soak the grubs in chum before fishing.

From Time Magazine Archive