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SWAP
barter, swap, swop, trade
(noun) an equal exchange; “we had no money so we had to live by barter”
swap
(verb) move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
trade, swap, swop, switch
(verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
swap (third-person singular simple present swaps, present participle swapping, simple past and past participle swapped)
(transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
Synonyms: exchange, switch, trade
(transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.
(transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
(intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
Synonyms
• (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): interchange, switch; See also switch
• (hit, strike): bang, knock, tap; See also hit
• (beat the air): flap
• (rush hastily): fly, speed, zoom; See also rush
Hyponyms
• (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): hot-swap, swap in, swap out
Etymology 2
Noun
swap (plural swaps)
An exchange of two comparable things.
(finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
(computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
Synonyms
• (an exchange of things): barter, quid pro quo, trade
Hyponyms
• (financial derivative): credit default swap; total return swap
Etymology 3
Noun
swap (countable and uncountable, plural swaps)
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
Anagrams
• APWs, AWPs, WASP, WSPA, paws, spaw, waps, wasp
Source: Wiktionary
Swap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swapping.] Etym: [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. Swap a blow, Swap, v. i.] [Written also swop.]
1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Swap off his head!" Chaucer.
2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] Miss Edgeworth.
Swap, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Swap, v. t.]
1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. C. Richardson (Dict.). All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. Chaucer.
2. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
Swap, n. Etym: [Cf. G. schwapp, n., a slap, swap, schwapp, schwapps, interj., slap! smack! and E. swap, v.t.]
1. A blow; a stroke. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
Swap, adv. Etym: [See Swap, n.]
Definition: Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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