Definition of "schoolie" in English

noun

1. (Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.

2. (Australia) A schoolteacher.

3. (UK, military) An education officer.

4. (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.

   • 1997 August, Lawrence Pine, Massachusetts′s Plymouth Rock Bass, Field & Stream, page 94, Poppers and Clouser-style flies can produce large numbers of schoolies that average 16 to 24 inches, with a sprinkling of fish from 24 to 28 inches.

5. (equestrianism, informal) Synonym of school horse.