swot

1 of 2

noun

ˈswät

British

: grind sense 2b

swot

2 of 2

verb

swotted; swotting

intransitive verb

British

: grind sense 4

Example Sentences

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, 2 May 2018 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, 2 May 2018

单词	swots
释义	swot 1 of 2 noun ˈswät British : grind sense 2b swot 2 of 2 verb swotted; swotting intransitive verb British : grind sense 4 Synonyms Noun bookworm dink [slang] dork [slang] geek grind nerd weenie wonk See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences 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, 2 May 2018 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, 2 May 2018 Word History Etymology Noun English dialect, sweat, from Middle English swot, from Old English swāt — more at sweat First Known Use Noun 1844, in the meaning defined above Verb circa 1860, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing swot swot up swot up swots 1 of 2 noun plural of swot, British as in nerds a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits every time he begged off a night at the pub—saying he had to study—his mates teased him for being a swot Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance nerds geeks scholars weenies bookworms wonks dinks dorks genii double-domes brains geniuses grinds intellectuals highbrows bookmen academics techies gearheads Antonyms & Near Antonyms goldbricks underachievers slackers goof-offs lowbrows swots 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of swot, British as in finds out Synonyms & Similar Words finds out studies analyzes restudies deduces bones (up) researches reads knows cons grinds memorizes crams learns understands comprehends apprehends digests grasps absorbs
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