swot

noun

\ˈswät

\

Definition of swot

(Entry 1 of 2)

British

: grind sense 2b

swot

verb

swotted; swotting

Definition of swot (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

British

: grind sense 4

Examples of swot in a Sentence

Noun

every time he begged off a night at the pub—saying he had to study—his mates teased him for being a swot

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Greenblatt might want to have a chinwag with some of his colleagues in the history department and swot up the biography of someone like Wisconsin’s Robert La Follette, a progressive populist politician perhaps more to his liking. — Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, "Stephen Greenblatt’s ‘Tyrant’ joins this year’s crop of hate reads," 2 May 2018

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The first known use of swot was in 1850

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swot

noun

English Language Learners Definition of swot

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a person who works or studies too much

swot

verb

English Language Learners Definition of swot (Entry 2 of 2)

: to study very hard for an exam

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