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noun

plural of swot, British

as in nerds

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits every time he begged off a night at the pub—saying he had to study—his mates teased him for being a swot

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verb

present tense third-person singular of swot, British

as in finds out

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Noun

Nobody talked about the furtive ambition of the swots. — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The invite said something like technical alignment, and nobody senior goes to those, because that is the part where the nerds work out the pipes.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
There’s a lot going on — clearly too much to pronounce any of Tolkien’s placenames correctly, so just let go of that now, nerds, lest ye despair.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of nerds

Noun

Funko occupies a massive physical footprint in a far corner of the convention center at SDCC, the annual pop culture festival that attracts over 130,000 fans and geeks from around the world.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
For aviation geeks or those who simply want to keep track of their plane’s unique flying data and route, squawk codes can be tracked on apps and websites like Flightradar24 and Flight Beacon.

— Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026

Definition of geeks

Verb

The report, released on July 29, analyzes 52 weeks of customer moves from July 2025 through June 2026, according to U-Haul.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Expert analyzes results The Kansas City area saw high voter turnout for the August primary — with more voters coming out Tuesday in Jackson, Platte and Clay counties than for primaries in 2024 and 2022.

— Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of analyzes

Verb

Holmes deduces that each pose represents a letter and cracks the code by matching the most common poses with the most common letters.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
Brittany deduces that the only people who have been in the gym recently were Zack, Danny, and Nia, who used the room during her pool party.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 June 2026

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