Swap

Quick meaning: Swap is a verb meaning (transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).

Meaning

(transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).

More Meanings

1. (transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
4. An exchange of two comparable things.
5. (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
6. (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
7. (Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.

Example Sentences

How much swap do you need?

The Shah wanted to swap oil for more arms.

In an effort to provide more permanent accommodations, employers may offer employees the opportunity either to swap jobs with a colleague or to transfer to a new position.

And he whipped his sword out of its scabbard, and swapped off the pudding from the black knight's nose. Unfortunately (for him) he swapped off a good bit of the nose, too.

Word Forms

• swaps
• swapping
• swapped

Synonyms for swap

Depending on context, synonyms include interchange, switch, bang, knock, tap, flap.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include barter, trade, swop, switch, exchange, bartering.

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