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swap

[ swop ]

verb (used with object)

swapped, swapping.
  1. to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another:

    He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.

  2. to substitute (one thing) for another (sometimes followed by in ):

    Swap in red wine for white, since powerful nutrients are in the red grape's skin.

  3. to replace (one thing) with another (sometimes followed by out ):

    To cut down on fat, swap cream for milk.



verb (used without object)

swapped, swapping.
  1. to make an exchange.

noun

  1. an exchange:

    He got the radio in a swap.

swap

/ ²õ·ÉÉ’±è /

verb

  1. to trade or exchange (something or someone) for another
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an exchange
  2. something that is exchanged
  3. Also calledswap optionswaption finance a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts, often exchanging fixed interest-rate for floating-rate debts ( debt swap ), either as a means of managing debt or in trading ( swap trading )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ·É²¹±è±è±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ·É²¹±èp±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ·É²¹±è±è±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of swap1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English swappen “to strike, strike hands (in bargaining)â€; cognate with dialectal German schwappen “to clap, box (the ears)â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of swap1

C14 (in the sense: to shake hands on a bargain, strike): probably of imitative origin
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She started swapping her medication for street valium.

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She later found out that back in the 1950s, she had been swapped at birth for another baby in a busy NHS maternity ward.

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Between Zoom happy hours and “Stardew Valley†sessions, I folded cold coffee into brownie batter, added matcha to white cake, swapped butter for oil just to see what would happen.

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This isn't like the jump from the Wii to the confusingly named Wii U, swapping motion controllers for a tablet that looked dated even back when the console released.

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Craft and book swaps will also be on offer.

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