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

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Synonyms for swot

Synonyms: Noun

bookworm, dink [slang], dork [slang], geek, grind, nerd, weenie, wonk

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

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

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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