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third-person singular simple present swots, present participle swotting, simple past and past participle swotted
(intransitive, slang, Britain) To study with effort or determination (object of study indicated by "up on").
plural swots
(slang, Britain) One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck. quotations
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
On first listen, Americans of a certain vintage would call one a Poindexter, while older Brits would regard the other as a swot.
2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times
(slang, Britain) Work.
(slang, Britain) Vigorous study at an educational institution.