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n. - An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively v. - Study intensively, as before an exam.

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  • Now I heard John Pienaar try and spin it that Ed Balls actually said "swot" and I hear that John Pienaar later changed that to "so weak".
  • You fellows swot, and I sit in the orchestra chairs.
  • "What counts as a swot varies from school to school..."
  • When I was at school I was a bit of a swot, I admit it.
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