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    [Noun]  | "swot" | \ ˈswät \


    1: grind


    Origin: 1844 ;

     English dialect, sweat, from Middle English swot, from Old English swāt{mat|sweat|};

    [Verb]  | "swot" 


    1: grind


    Origin: circa 1860 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "swot up" 


    1: to study (something) very hard —often + on

    [Verb]  | "swot" 


    1: as in grind;


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    [Noun]  | "swot" 


    1: a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits;


      * e.g., " ... every time he begged off a night at the pub—saying he had to study—his mates teased him for being a swot "



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     [ "swot" ]

    1: To study, particularly in preparation for a test or exam. (Used in South Africa, this word has now largely gone out of fashion amongst English kids, but is still used often by Afrikaans kids.)

      * e.g.,  ... "Have you started swotting for your History yet?" 

     [ "swot" ]

    1: A swot is a person who excels in a subject or lesson, who never gets anythink wrong and may be teachers pet. A person who needs to get out more!

      * e.g.,  ... You swot! you always get everythink right, you dont have a life 

     [ "swot" ]

    1: Anagram for: Stupid Waste of Time

      * e.g.,  ... Derek: "Hey man, let's go bird watching" Andy: "Seems like a swot to me." 


     [ "swot" ]

    2: Pronounced like "swat". Ex. To swat a bug.

     [ "Swot" ]

    1: 1) <verb> To Swot; Revision undertaken preceding an examination.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) "I was swotting up all night last night for this exam. I should walk it." 


     [ "Swot" ]

    2: 2) <noun> (Offensive Slang) Swot; A person who values his education at least three times more than his social life and his teacher at least three times more than his friends, hypothetically.

      * e.g.,  ... 2) "Ken is such a fucking Swot, he's always up that teacher's arse." 


     [ "Swot" ]

    3: 3) <Anagram> (Business Terminology) S.W.O.T.; An analysis of a business's position comparing with other similar businesses in order to identify their Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.

      * e.g.,  ... 3) "Peters, I want that S.W.O.T. analysis in for noon tomorrow, please." 

     [ "Swot" ]

    1: A swot is a person who studies really hard when nobody else does. Usually reserved for people you don't like anyway, but do better than you in an exam.

      * e.g.,  ... Mike is such a (swot), he was up all night studying for the class test. 

     [ "Swot" ]

    1: A word used by morons to insult a person of superior academic abilities.

      * e.g.,  ... I hate my job, having to get up at 6am, put on a lumo jacket and clean up the thrash around the streets, its so demeaning, and the pay is crap, but I've got no other qualifications so I guess I can't do anything else. Yesterday i near got knocked down by a guy in a suit drivin a Porsche....looked like Adam Grimes from my old class. He was such a swot.... 


     [ "Swot" ]

    2: Said morons believe to have such intelligence and excelling at education and gaining qualifications is laughable and therefore to be called a 'swot' is a horrible, undesirable humiliation for the victim.

     [ "SWOT" ]

    1: Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat. An analysis of a business opportunity whereby qualities of one’s own team are described as strengths or weaknesses and qualities of the situation (including competitors) are described as opportunities or threats. Strengths and opportunities are seen as correlated positive qualities and weaknesses and threats also correlate as negatives. Often visualized as a 4-cell box. Used primarily by business school gradates, especially marketeers, and more commonly used in the 1980’s than today.

      * e.g.,  ... Lets SWOT that potential new market to see if we can break in. 

     [ "Swot" ]

    1: A fucking nerd. ( Chav English )

      * e.g.,  ... Jack aced his exam, what a fucking swot. 

     [ "Swot" ]

    1: someone who is constantly studying, doing nothing but it. Usually shows signs of extreme aggression when distracted in class

      * e.g.,  ... james flint 

     [ "Swotting" ]

    1: the act of studying a subject using the Strength weakness opportunities and threats.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm swotting my options to determine which works best. 

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