swot

[US]/swɒt/
[UK]/swɑt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. diligent student; hard worker
vi. study or work hard
vt. study or work hard
Word Forms
Present Participleswotting
Pluralswots
Third Person Singularswots
Past Participleswotted
Past Tenseswotted

Phrases & Collocations

SWOT analysis

Example Sentences

swot at a subject (=swot a subject up)

at school I wasn't a swot, but I wasn't a layabout either.

I have to swot up on phrasal verbs for a test tomorrow.

Real-world Examples

Hermione's always been depicted as the geek, the swot.

Source: Exciting moments of Harry Potter

A swot, oh really, okay. Yeah, a swot is someone who studies hard.

Source: American English dialogue

Exactly. A swot, there you go, a new word for me.

Source: American English dialogue

And swots. And then in the system there's two more. So there's also participants.

Source: American English dialogue

You're going to have players who love the subject and pupils who love being a good student. And swots.

Source: American English dialogue

This man was a swot and he studied hard at syllogism.

Source: Pan Pan

But there is a range of other public-school types, including dutiful swots like Rishi Sunak, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer.

Source: The Economist - Arts

The swot had brought some swimsuit with him.

Source: Pan Pan

So the swot had to put him to the sword.

Source: Pan Pan

The swot suggested they put up the sword, but the swineherd disagreed with him.

Source: Pan Pan

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