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swot.

To study with effort or determination.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/swɒt/Received-Pronunciation/swɑt/General-American/swɔt/Australia
  1. To study with effort or determination.

    Ireland · UK · informal · intransitive
    Are you going to swot at it all the evening?
Where this word comes from

From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (“perspiration; sweat”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą (“sweat”). More at sweat.

noun/swɒt/Received-Pronunciation/swɑt/General-American/swɔt/Australia
  1. One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck.

    Ireland · UK · countable · informal · slang · uncountable
  2. Work.

    Ireland · UK · countable · informal · slang · uncountable
  3. Vigorous study at an educational institution.

    Ireland · UK · countable · informal · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (“perspiration; sweat”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą (“sweat”). More at sweat.

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