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- [swot]
- /swɒt/
- /ˈswɒt.ɪŋ/
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- [swot]
- /swɒt/
Definitions of swotting word
- verb without object swotting to study or work hard. 1
- noun swotting a smart blow; slap; smack. 1
- noun swotting Baseball. a powerfully hit ball. 1
- verb with object swotting to hit; slap; smack. 1
- verb with object swotting Baseball. to hit (a ball) powerfully, usually for a long distance. 1
- noun swotting the act of studying a subject intensively, as for an examination 0
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Origin of swotting
First appearance:
before 1840 One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; dialectal variant of sweat
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Parts of speech for Swotting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swotting popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
swotting usage trend in Literature
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