Associations to the word «Swotting»

Wiktionary

SWOT, verb. (intransitive) (slang) (British) To study with effort or determination.
SWOT, verb. (transitive) (slang) (UK) (with up) To study something with effort or determination (swot up on).
SWOT, noun. (slang) (British) one who swots
SWOT, noun. (slang) (British) work
SWOT, noun. (slang) (British) vigorous study at an educational institution
SWOT, acronym. (business) Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats.
SWOT UP ON, verb. To study particularly hard to learn a subject quickly.
SWOT VAC, noun. (Australia) (education) (informal) In secondary and tertiary education, a period of non-teaching prior to examinations.
SWOT VACS, noun. Plural of swot vac

Dictionary definition

SWOT, noun. An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious.
SWOT, verb. Study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope