Reverse Dictionary: STUDY

ADJECTIVES
► DIGGING studying hard → 1907 Amer. dial.
► DUG studied → 1963 Amer. dial.
► LUCUBRATORY pert. to lucubration; meditative; pert. to studying, composing, or working by candlelight → 1656 obs.

NOUNS
​► ALL-NIGHTER a party or study session that lasts all night → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DIGGING studying hard → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GRIND intensive study or tuition for an examination, etc. → M19 sl.
► GROISE ► GROIZE intensive study → 1913 Brit. schools’ sl.
► LAMP OIL nocturnal labour or study → 1581
► LUCUBRATORY a ‘thinking-shop’, a place of midnight study → 1775 obs., jocular usage
► MUSE a room used for study or meditation; a study → 1650 Sc. obs.
► NERD BOX a study cubicle → 1997 US sl.
► POWER BOOK intensive study, usually before a test → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SAPPING the act of studying hard → 1825 school sl.
► SWAT ► SWOT intensive study at school or college, orig. specifically mathematics → 1850 Brit.
► VEGETABLE DATE a study date → 1964 US students’ sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BUG one who studies too hard or all the time → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CANDLE-WASTER he who or that which wastes candles by late study at night → 1599
► CLOSET CASE a person who studies a great deal → 1968 US students’ sl.
► DIGIT HEAD one who studies too much, or works too long in front of a computer → 1944 teen & high school sl.
► FLOPPY DISK one who studies too much → 20C teen & high school sl.
► GHOUL a person who studies to excess and haunts the library → 2006 Amer. students’ & university sl.  (Bk.)
► GROUT-BAG one who studies hard → c1880 Eng. schoolboys’ sl.
► GRUB a student who studies very hard → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HAWK a person who studies regularly → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MUG a person who learns a subject by concentrated study → 1880 sl.
► MUZZ a person who studies hard or intently → 1788 sl., obs.
► OPSIMATH one who begins to learn or study late in life → 1883
► SAP one who studies hard or is absorbed in books → 1798 school sl.
► SAPPER one who studies hard → 1825 Eton sl.
► SWOT a hard-working pupil; one who studies hard → 1850 Brit. sl., derogatory
► SWOTTER a person who studies hard → 1919 sl.
► SWOTTER-UP a person who studies hard → 1931 sl.
► WONK a student who studies harder than contemporaries consider necessary; a political professional who is studious and therefore well informed → 1962 US sl., derogatory

PHRASES
► BEHIND THE GRIND behind in one’s studies → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FOOLIN’ WITH SCHOOLIN’ trifling with one’s studies → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► APPROFOUND to go deeply into, to search the depths of a subject of study → 1885
► BEAT THE BOOKS to study hard → 1944 Amer. sl.
► BE NEW OFF THE IRONS to have just finished one’s course of study → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► BIFF to study hard → 1900 US students’ sl.
► BOHN to study hard or diligently → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BONE to study diligently → 1859 Amer. students’ sl.
► BONE UP ► BONE UP ONto study intensively; to study hurriedly; to learn more about a topic by diligent study → 1887 sl., orig. US
► BOOK IT to study → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BURN ON to study → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CHEESE to study hard → c1917 Brit. sl.
► CHEW to study with great concentration for some time → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CRACK to open a book for the purpose of studying → 1934 Amer. sl.
► CRACK THE BOOKS to study → 1934 Amer. sl.
► CROWD to study very hard the last minute before an exam; to cram → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DAB to study anything in a superficial manner → 1835 Sc. obs.
► DIG to study → 1827 Amer. dial.
► EVIGILATE to watch or study diligently → 1730 obs.
► FAG to toil diligently at one’s studies → 1795 student usage
► GEEK OUT to study hard → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GRIND to study hard with a tutor → M19 arch.
► GROISE ► GROIZE to study hard → 1913 Brit. schools’ sl.
► GROUT to work or study hard → c1870 UK sl.
► GRUB ► GRUB OUT to study hard → 1848 Amer. sl.
► HAMMER to study → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HAWK to study diligently → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HIT THE PIT to study hard → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HORSE to study with the help of a translation → a1889 US students’ sl.
► HUMP to study diligently → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► KEEP YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE to be studying hard, working hard → 1828 UK
► LERE to learn, to acquire knowledge; to study or read a book; to learn to do something → c1220 obs.
► LOSE ONE’S OIL to study or labour in vain → a1548 obs.
► MIND ONE’S BOOK of a schoolboy: to be diligent in one’s studies → c1710 Brit. colloq.
► MUG ► MUG UP ► MUG UP ON to read or study in a concentrated manner → 1848 sl.
► MUZZ to study hard or intently; to pore over → 1744 sl.
► NERD to study hard → 1989 US students’ sl.
► NOODLE to think, to think over, to study → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OIL IT to study late into the night → 1975 US sl.
► PIT IT to cram, to study intensely → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PLAY STUDENT to study → 1971 US students’ sl.
► POWER BOOK to study hard; to cram → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER to study the whole night through to ‘cram’ for an exam → 1966 Amer. sl.
► PUT OUT to study diligently → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PUT YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE to start studying hard, working hard → 1828 UK
► SAP to pore over books; to be studious → 1830 school sl.
► SMELL OF OIL to bear marks of laborious study → 1650
► SMELL OF THE CANDLE i.e. of work by night, of close and prolonged study → 1604 obs.
► STUDIFY to study → 1775
► SWAT ► SWOT to study intensively, esp. in preparation for an exam → 1860 Brit. sl.
► TECH to study → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► TOOL to study hard → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► VIZZY to study, to pore over → 1868 Sc. 
► WONK OUT to study excessively → 1987 US sl.