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Definition of Swot up
1. Verb. Study intensively, as before an exam. "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Related verbs: Cram
Generic synonyms: Hit The Books, Study
Derivative terms: Crammer, Crammer, Swot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swot Up
Literary usage of Swot up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Parlor Magazine by Darius Mead (1850)
"He would lie for hours together, and gaze upon his mother's face as she sung;
and he would nestle his bead upon his father's lap, and look SWOT up into his ..."
2. Me and Myn by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1907)
"... Doc. made us swot up such a lot of it. " Yes,poetry ! " said Old Phil Hallamshire,
twirling his cane so that I thought he would be sure to cut my eye ..."
3. Mr. Standfast by John Buchan (1919)
"... and, with a very complete set of papers and a store of ready-made reminiscences (it
took him some time to swot up the names of the peaks and passes he ..."
4. The Christian Parlor Magazine by Darius Mead (1850)
"He would lie for hours together, and gaze upon his mother's face as she sung;
and he would nestle his bead upon his father's lap, and look SWOT up into his ..."
5. Me and Myn by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1907)
"... Doc. made us swot up such a lot of it. " Yes,poetry ! " said Old Phil Hallamshire,
twirling his cane so that I thought he would be sure to cut my eye ..."
6. Mr. Standfast by John Buchan (1919)
"... and, with a very complete set of papers and a store of ready-made reminiscences (it
took him some time to swot up the names of the peaks and passes he ..."
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