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English

Alternative forms

• swop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sw?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English swappen (“to swap”), originally meaning "to hurl" or "to strike", the word alludes to striking hands together when making an exchange; probably from Old English *swappian, a secondary form of Old English sw?pan (“to swoop”). Cognate with German schwappen (“to swap”). Compare also Middle English swippen (“to strike, hit”), from Old English swipian (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), Old Norse svipa (“to swoop, flash, whip, look after, look around”). More at swipe.

Verb

swap (third-person singular simple present swaps, present participle swapping, simple past and past participle swapped)

1. (transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).

   Synonyms: exchange, switch, trade
2. (transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.

Synonyms

• (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): interchange, switch; See also Thesaurus:switch
• (hit, strike): bang, knock, tap; See also Thesaurus:hit
• (beat the air): flap
• (rush hastily): fly, speed, zoom; See also Thesaurus:rush

Hyponyms

• (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): hot-swap, swap in, swap out

Translations

Etymology 2

[1620] From the verb swap.

Noun

swap (plural swaps)

1. An exchange of two comparable things.
2. (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
3. (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

Derived terms

• swapsies

Related terms

• swap line
• swap meet

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English swap, swappe (“a blow, strike, lash from a whip”), from the verb (see Etymology 1 above).

Noun

swap (countable and uncountable, plural swaps)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A blow; a stroke.

References

• swap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• APWs, AWPs, WAPs, WASP, WSPA, paws, spaw, waps, wasp

Finnish

Etymology

From English swap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??p/, [?s???p]
• IPA^(key): /?s?æp/, [?s??æp]

Noun

swap

1. (finance, slang) swap (financial derivative)
2. (computing, slang) swap (auxiliary memory)

Declension

Synonyms

• (in finance): vaihtosopimus

Derived terms

• verbs: swapata

English

Etymology

exchange +? -able

Adjective

exchangeable (not comparable)

1. Able to be exchanged.
2. (finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.

Translations

Noun

exchangeable (plural exchangeables)

1. (finance) Any financial instrument with an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.