Sekirov Dictionary

swap

UK /ˈswɒp/US /ˈswɑp/

noun 5
verb 4
forms 4
phrases 3

noun5

An exchange of two comparable things.
A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
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(informal) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
- How much swap do you need?
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.
(dialect, no longer used) A blow; a stroke.

verb4

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To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).
- 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. — 1998
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(no longer used) To hit, to strike.
- 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. — 1954
(no longer used) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
(no longer used) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.

forms

swapped · swapt · swapping · swaps

Phrases with swap

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