schoolboy

IPA: skˈuɫbɔɪ

characteristic of a schoolboy, especially being cheeky, clumsy and socially unaware.

Examples of "schoolboy" in Sentences

But he perpetually errs by being too deep or too shallow, for the matter in hand; and many a schoolboy is a better reasoner than he.
The Commonwealth's attorney occupied the floor for an hour, during which he ridiculed what he termed the schoolboy tales from his youthful opponent.
This applause for someone being a comp schoolboy is as much as anything a sympton of the terribly middle class crowd you get at Lib Dem party conferences, is it not?
Right through our national life we have got to fight against privilege, against the notion that a half-witted public-schoolboy is better fitted for command than an intelligent mechanic.
I hear the word discipline and I picture Tory ministers in schoolboy uniforms with oranges in their mouths, tights over their heads, and a latex-clad dominatrix caning their hairy, flabby buttocks.
But in a reflection of the global nature of modern sailing Mr Thompson's triumph involved sailing on a French yacht and communicating with the largely Gallic crew using what he describes as "schoolboy French".