swot
See also: SWOT
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (“perspiration; sweat”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą (“sweat”). More at sweat.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swɒt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /swɑt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /swɔt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Homophone: swat
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Verb
editswot (third-person singular simple present swots, present participle swotting, simple past and past participle swotted)
- (intransitive, slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) To study with effort or determination (object of study indicated by "up on").
- Synonym: cram
- You should swot up on your French before travelling to Paris.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editstudy hard
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See also
editNoun
editswot (plural swots)
- (slang, British) One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 23:
- He liked Tom all right... Sampson and Bullock he could do without, however. Especially Sampson, who was too much of a grammar-school-type swot ever to be quite the thing.
- 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times[1]:
- On first listen, Americans of a certain vintage would call one a Poindexter, while older Brits would regard the other as a swot.
- (slang, British) Work.
- (slang, British) Vigorous study at an educational institution.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
editTranslations
editone who swots
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work
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vigorous study
Anagrams
editSaterland Frisian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian swart, from Proto-West Germanic *swart. Cognates include German schwarz and West Frisian swart.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editswot (masculine swotten, feminine, plural or definite swotte, comparative swotter, superlative swotst)
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