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1. An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
   - grind, nerd, wonk [N. Amer], dweeb

1. Study intensively, as before an exam
   "I had to swot on my Latin verbs before the final exam"; "I had to swot up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
   - cram, grind away, drum, bone up, get up, mug up [Brit], swot up [Brit], bone, revise [Brit]

Sounds like: swat

Derived forms: swots, swotted, swotting

Type of: assimilator, hit the books, learner, scholar, study

Encyclopedia: Swot