noun · countable / uncountable · rare

swot

swot · swots

One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleckOne who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck.

UK/swɒt/US/swɑt/

» I'm a swot.

Я ботан.

Meaning

3 senses

(Ireland, UK, countable, informal, slang, uncountable)One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck.
Büffler
зубри́лаzubríla
(Ireland, UK, countable, informal, slang, uncountable)Work.
вка́лываниеvkályvanije
(Ireland, UK, countable, informal, slang, uncountable)Vigorous study at an educational institution.
Büffeln, Pauken
зубрёжкаzubrjóžka

More definitions

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

Examples

2 sentences

I'm a swot.
Я ботан. — deniko
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Anna is top of the class, but she's not a swot.
deAnna ist die Klassenbeste, aber trotzdem keine Streberin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

one who swots:

work:

vigorous study:

Deutsch

one who swots:

vigorous study:

Origin

From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (“per

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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