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swotting

swot
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [swot]
    • /swɒt/
    • /ˈswɒt.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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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