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swots

swots is the plural of swot.

swots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swot.

Meaning of swot

Noun

swot (countable and uncountable, plural swots)

  1. (Ireland, UK, informal, slang) One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck.
    • He liked Tom all right... Sampson and Bullock he could do without, however. Especially Sampson, who was too much of a grammar-school-type swot ever to be quite the thing.1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 23
  2. (Ireland, UK, informal, slang) Work.
    • All I want is — guerre fini, soldat fini; and to go home without burden of any thought save music, and hard swot for a time.Quoted in 1983, Ivor Gurney, Robert Kelsey Rought Thornton, War Letters: A Selection (page 254)
  3. (Ireland, UK, informal, slang) Vigorous study at an educational institution.

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Phrases with swots

Questions about swots

What is swots the plural of?
Swots is the plural of swot.

Words near swots in the dictionary

  1. swot up on
  2. swot vac
  3. swot vacs
  4. swot-vac
  5. swot-vacs
  6. swots
  7. swots up on
  8. swotted
  9. swotted up on
  10. swotter
  11. swotters

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