Swot — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

study intensively, as before an exam

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/swˈɑːt/

🇬🇧British English

/swˈɒt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/swˈɒt/

1 syllable Say it as /swˈɑːt/.

Examples

I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drum bone up get up bone nerd grind dweeb cram mug up wonk swot up grind away

Parts of Speech

noun	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
verb	study intensively, as before an exam “I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam”

Word Forms

swot	verb	study intensively, as before an exam
grind	verb	work hard
crammer	noun	a student who crams
swot	noun	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Streber

ein unbedeutender Student, der als affektiert oder langweilig fleißig verspottet wird

🇫🇷French

bosser

un étudiant insignifiant qui est ridiculisé comme étant affecté ou ennuyeux et studieux

🇪🇸Spanish

empollón

un estudiante insignificante que es ridiculizado por ser afectado o aburrido y estudioso

🇮🇹Italian

schifo

uno studente insignificante che viene ridicolizzato perché affettato o noiosamente studioso

🇳🇱Dutch

zwoegen

een onbeduidende student die belachelijk wordt gemaakt als aangedaan of saai leergierig

🇷🇺Russian

шлепок

незначительный студент, которого высмеивают как аффектированного или скучно прилежного

India

🇮🇳Hindi

परिश्रम से अध्ययन करना

एक महत्वहीन छात्र जिसका प्रभावित या उबाऊ अध्ययनशील कहकर उपहास किया जाता है

🇮🇳Marathi

स्वॉट

एक क्षुल्लक विद्यार्थी ज्याची थट्टा प्रभावित किंवा कंटाळवाणा अभ्यासू म्हणून केली जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્વોટ

એક નજીવો વિદ્યાર્થી જેની અસરગ્રસ્ત અથવા કંટાળાજનક અભ્યાસી તરીકે ઉપહાસ કરવામાં આવે છે

🇵🇰Urdu

سوٹ

ایک غیر معمولی طالب علم جس کا مذاق اڑایا جاتا ہے کہ وہ متاثرہ یا بورنگ طور پر مطالعہ کرنے والا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇯🇵Japanese

スウォット

影響を受けている、または退屈に勉強していると嘲笑される取るに足らない学生

🇰🇷Korean

맹렬한 공부

영향을 받거나 지루할 정도로 학구적이라고 조롱받는 하찮은 학생

🇻🇳Vietnamese

swat

một học sinh tầm thường bị chế giễu là bị ảnh hưởng hoặc chăm học một cách nhàm chán

🇹🇭Thai

สวาท

นักเรียนที่ไม่มีนัยสำคัญที่ถูกเยาะเย้ยว่าได้รับผลกระทบหรือขยันเรียนอย่างน่าเบื่อ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kerja keras

seorang siswa tidak penting yang diejek sebagai orang yang terpengaruh atau rajin belajar yang membosankan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كدح

طالب تافه يتعرض للسخرية باعتباره متأثرًا أو مجتهدًا بشكل ممل

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The primary meaning of 'swot' is 'an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious'.

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