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Swap   /swɑp/   Listen
verb
Swap  v. t.  (past & past part. swapped; pres. part. swapping)  (Written also swop)  
1.
To strike; with off. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.) "Swap off his head!"
2.
To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. (Colloq.)


Swap  v. i.  
1.
To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. "All suddenly she swapt adown to ground."
2.
To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.


noun
Swap  n.  
1.
A blow; a stroke. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)
2.
An exchange; a barter. (Colloq.)


adverb
Swap  adv.  Hastily. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Swap" Quotes from Famous Books



... resembling; But then I eat at leisure, And would not swap, for pleasure So mix'd ...
— The Fables of La Fontaine - A New Edition, With Notes • Jean de La Fontaine
... grandchillun come to de mansion, have a big dinner and a big time. After dinner one day, all de men folks 'semble at de woodpile. De sun was shinin' and old marster have me bring out a chair for him but de balance of them set on de logs or lay 'round on de chips. Then they begun to swap tales. Marse Ed P. Mobley hold up his hand and say: 'See dis stiff finger? It'll never be straight agin. I got out of ammunition at de secon' battle of Bull Run, was runnin' after a Yankee to ketch him, threw my gun 'way to run ...
— Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration
... I'm just a plain woman with sense enough to say nothing when Gay gets home with more whiskey aboard than is good for his vitals. And don't you think I'm not putting a good value on myself when I say that. Not that Gay's given to sousing a heap. No, he's a good feller, sure, an' wouldn't swap him for—for your Will—on'y when he snores. So you see it's a kindness to me letting me ...
— The One-Way Trail - A story of the cattle country • Ridgwell Cullum
... subalterns, had been lent to the Government of India for famine relief work. One Sunday we foregathered in the cool of the evening at a dak bungalow, near the point where our three districts met, to compare notes and to swap lies. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 12, 1919 • Various
... your Doodums anymore?" was all Dickie could find to say to this; but Honeybunch had too much on her mind to stop and swap ...
— Old Gorgon Graham - More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son • George Horace Lorimer


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