Meaning of swot vac | Babel Free

Definitions

In secondary and tertiary education, a period of non-teaching prior to examinations.

Australia, informal

Examples

“This is clearly what happens in the "swot-vac" phenomenon: the student rote-learns his material for just long enough to see⟳ the exam through.”

“In the old days it was probably quite a sound⟳ alternative to the "swot-vac" spent in cold towels and black coffee or benzedrine as done in Australia.”

“I reminded her that it was the September holidays, and after that I was off on swot vac until the exams started.”

“She died during the swotvac before my third year exams.”

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