0 to study hard, especially by memorizing eg for an examination -- terpe
1 an unkind word for a person who studies hard. -- morakker
Schoolmates labelled him a swot.
Swot as a verb suggests acting like a swot, studying for one's exams.
I enjoy what was called swotting in my day.
The term is a blend of the "swot" and "vac" (vacation), indicating the period free of classes.
The computer controls all the other characters in the game, including the headmaster, other teachers, the school tearaway, bully, swot and other pupils.
That needed an awful lot of swotting.
I have tried to make a kind of swot report to look at strengths and weaknesses and to see where we have got to.
All he has been doing is swotting up the precedents.
