swot
1 of 2noun
ˈswät 
British
: grind sense 2b
swot
2 of 2verb
swotted; swotting
intransitive verb
British
: grind sense 4
Synonyms
Noun
- bookworm
- dink [slang]
- dork [slang]
- geek
- grind
- nerd
- weenie
- wonk
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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
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
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
swotting
verb
as in studying
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- studying
- cramming
- analyzing
- reading
- deducing
- memorizing
- learning
- finding out
- researching
- grinding
- restudying
- conning
- knowing
- understanding
- digesting
- comprehending
- grasping
- boning (up)
- apprehending
- absorbing