Definition of "junior high school" []

• A school in the U.S. system generally including the seventh, eighth, and sometimes ninth grades. (noun)

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• "So Mr. Peerman got fired and went to the junior high school the next year?"
• "Behavioralists call this strategy kleptoparasitism, but the move should be familiar beginning in junior high school and ending just about the time that hen loses her resolve and makes that mistake."
• "I entered junior high school at Dwyer Middle School."