swot

See also SWOT

English

Etymology

From sweat.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /swɒt/, X-SAMPA: /swQt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

swot (third-person singular simple present swots, present participle swotting, simple past and past participle swotted)

1. (intransitive, slang, UK) To study with effort or determination.
2. (transitive, slang, UK, with up) To study something with effort or determination (swot up on).

   You should swot up on your French before travelling to Paris.

Derived terms

• swot up on
• swot vac

Translations

study hard

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死記 (cmn), 死记 (cmn) (sǐjì)

• Dutch: blokken (nl)
• French: bûcher (fr), bosser (fr), potasser (fr)

• German: büffeln (de), pauken (de)
• Japanese: がり勉する (ja) (gariben-surú)
• Russian: зубрить (ru) (zubrít') 

study something hard

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死記 (cmn), 死记 (cmn) (sǐjì)

• Dutch: blokken (nl)

• French: bûcher (fr), bosser (fr), potasser (fr)
• Japanese: がり勉する (ja) (gariben-surú)
• Russian: зубрить (ru) (zubrít') 

Noun

swot (plural swots)

1. (slang, UK) one who swots
2. (slang, UK) work
3. (slang, UK) vigorous study at an educational institution

Translations

one who swots

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死記者 (cmn), 死记者 (cmn) (sǐjìzhě)

• Dutch: blokker (nl) m
• French: (colloquial) bûcheur (fr) m, bosseur (fr) m

• German: Büffler (de) m
• Japanese: 我利勉 (ja), がり勉 (ja) (gariben)
• Manx: ard-studeyr (gv) m
• Russian: зубрила (ru) (zubríla) m and f 

work

• French: boulot (fr) m, (slang) tapin (fr) m

• Russian: вкалывание (ru) (vkályvanije) n  (colloquial)

vigorous study

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死記 (cmn), 死记 (cmn) (sǐjì)

• Dutch: blok (nl) m
• French: (slang) bachot (fr) m

• German: Büffeln (de) n, Pauken (de) n
• Japanese: がり勉 (ja) (gariben)
• Russian: зубрёжка (ru) (zubrjóžka) f 

Anagrams

• ow'st, stow, tows, twos, wost, wots