swot

swot ¹ Informal

Verb

[swotting, swotted]

(often foll. by up)to study (a subject) very hard, esp. for an exam; cram

Noun

a person who works or studies hard [variant of sweat]

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swot ²

Verb

[swotting, swotted]

Noun

same as swat

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swot - an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious dweeb, grind, nerd, wonk assimilator, learner, scholar - someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
Verb	1.	swot - study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" bone, bone up, grind away, mug up, swot up, cram, drum, get up cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam hit the books, study - learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"

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swot

verb (Informal) study, revise, cram (informal) work, get up (informal) pore over, bone up on (informal) burn the midnight oil, mug up Brit. (slang) toil over, apply yourself to, lucubrate (rare)

Translations

swot [swɔt] (BRIT) vt, vi → empollar

n → empollón/ona m/f

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swot [swɔt] vt, vi → bûcher, potasser

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swot [swɔt] vi → pauken

n (pej) → Streber(in) m(f)

swot up swot vt to swot up (on) → pauken (+acc)

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swot [swɔt] vt → sgobbare su

vi → sgobbare