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

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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

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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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