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blackboard jungle

blackboard jungle noun: a school with dangerous, unruly pupils.

Noun

blackboard jungle (plural blackboard jungles)

  1. A school with dangerous, unruly pupils.
    • […] blackboard jungles abounded in the media, the widening gap between suburban and urban school performance was frequently in the news.2011, William J. Reese, America's Public Schools, page 309
    • […] could subdue any renegade person or family, but I wonder if they would not meet their match in the blackboard jungles of today.2015, Martha Stephens, Me and the Grandmas of Baghdad, page 64

Forms of blackboard jungle

pluralblackboard jungles

Questions about blackboard jungle

What does blackboard jungle mean?
Blackboard jungle means a school with dangerous, unruly pupils.
What part of speech is blackboard jungle?
Blackboard jungle is a noun.
What is the plural of blackboard jungle?
The plural of blackboard jungle is blackboard jungles.

Words near blackboard jungle in the dictionary

  1. blackbirding
  2. blackbirdlike
  3. blackbirds
  4. blackboard
  5. blackboard bold
  6. blackboard jungle
  7. blackboard jungles
  8. blackboarded
  9. blackboarding
  10. blackboards
  11. blackbodies

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