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
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.
• (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
• (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): hot-swap, swap in, swap out
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.
• (an exchange of things): barter, quid pro quo, trade
• (financial derivative): credit default swap; total return swap
swap (countable and uncountable, plural swaps)
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
• 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
18 June 2024
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; “a parade of strollers on the mall”; “a parade of witnesses”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.