SWAPPING

SWAP

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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Noun

swapping (plural swappings)

The act by which something is swapped; an exchange.

Verb

swapping

present participle of swap

Adjective

swapping (not comparable)

(archaic) large; whopping

Source: Wiktionary

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SWAP

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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