swap
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Pronunciation
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 swāpan (“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
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- (transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
- 1998, Michael Wolf with Bruce Friedman, Daniel Sutherland, Religion in the workplace, page 98:
- 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.
- 2007, Lloyd Zimpel, A Season of Fire and Ice:
- Chief watched these goings-on without pleasure, and waved them off in disgust when the smarmiest of the two suggested he might wish to swap that elk's tooth for this jug of fine rye whiskey.
- 2011, Andrew Scott Cooper, The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East, page 253:
- The Shah wanted to swap oil for more arms.
- (transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.
- 1954, Edward Eager, Half Magic:
- 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.
- (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
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Etymology 2
[1620] From the verb swap.
Noun
swap (plural swaps)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Swapping_apples.svg/220px-Swapping_apples.svg.png)
- An exchange of two comparable things.
- 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Tales of My Landlord, The Bride of Lammermoor:
- I e’en changed it, as occasion served, with the skippers o’ Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and brandy […] a gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out of his body
- (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.
- How much swap do you need?
Synonyms
- (an exchange of things): barter, quid pro quo, trade
Hyponyms
- (financial derivative): credit default swap; total return swap
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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)
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Finnish
Etymology
Noun
swap
Declension
Inflection of swap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | swap | swapit | |
genitive | swapin | swapien | |
partitive | swapia | swapeja | |
illative | swapiin | swapeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | swap | swapit | |
accusative | nom. | swap | swapit |
gen. | swapin | ||
genitive | swapin | swapien | |
partitive | swapia | swapeja | |
inessive | swapissa | swapeissa | |
elative | swapista | swapeista | |
illative | swapiin | swapeihin | |
adessive | swapilla | swapeilla | |
ablative | swapilta | swapeilta | |
allative | swapille | swapeille | |
essive | swapina | swapeina | |
translative | swapiksi | swapeiksi | |
abessive | swapitta | swapeitta | |
instructive | — | swapein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (in finance): vaihtosopimus
Derived terms
- verbs: swapata
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