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swot

swot

See also: SWOT

English

Verb

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

(intransitive, slang, Britain) To study with effort or determination.
(transitive, slang, Britain, 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

Translations

study hard

Chinese:
Mandarin: 死記 (zh), 死记 (zh) ‎(sǐjì)
Dutch: blokken (nl)
French: bûcher (fr), bosser (fr), potasser (fr), bachoter (fr)

German: büffeln (de), pauken (de)
Japanese: がり勉する ‎(gariben suru)
Russian: зубри́ть (ru) ‎(zubrítʹ)
Spanish: empollar (es)

study something hard

Chinese:
Mandarin: 死記 (zh), 死记 (zh) ‎(sǐjì)
Dutch: blokken (nl)

French: bûcher (fr), bosser (fr), potasser (fr)
Japanese: がり勉する ‎(gariben suru)
Russian: зубри́ть (ru) ‎(zubrítʹ)

Noun

swot ‎(plural swots)

(slang, Britain) One who swots.
(slang, Britain) Work.
(slang, Britain) Vigorous study at an educational institution.

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

one who swots

Chinese:
Mandarin: 死記者, 死记者 ‎(sǐjìzhě)
Dutch: blokker (nl) m
French: (colloquial) bûcheur (fr) m, bosseur (fr) m, bachoteur (fr)

German: Büffler m
Japanese: 我利勉, がり勉 ‎(gariben)
Manx: ard-studeyr m
Polish: kujon (pl) m
Russian: зубри́ла (ru) m, f ‎(zubríla)

work

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

Russian: вка́лывание n ‎(vkályvanije) (colloquial)

vigorous study

Chinese:
Mandarin: 死記 (zh), 死记 (zh) ‎(sǐjì)
Dutch: blok (nl) m
French: (slang) bachot (fr) m, bachotage (fr)

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

Anagrams

ow'st, stow, tows, twos, wost, wots

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