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swap
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)
- (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 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)
- 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
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)
- (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
- (finance, slang) swap (financial derivative)
- (computing, slang) swap (auxiliary memory)
Declension
Synonyms
- (in finance): vaihtosopimus
Derived terms
- verbs: swapata
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swai
English
Etymology
Vietnamese [Term?]?
Noun
swai (plural swai)
- A species of shark catfish, taxonomic name Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
Synonyms
- iridescent shark
- tra
Anagrams
- Iswa, WAIS, WIAs, WISA, WSIA, wais
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