swap
w:en:Alice and BobAlice has a red apple and Bob has a green apple. After a swap, Alice has the green apple and Bob has the red apple.
Meanings
Verb
- To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
- To hit, to strike.
- To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
- To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
Noun
- An exchange of two comparable things.
- A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
- Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
- A blow; a stroke.
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Origin
- From Middle English swappen, 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 slosh, slop"). Compare also Middle English swippen, from Old English swipian, Old Norse svipa. More at swipe.
- From the verb swap.
- From Middle English swap, swappe, from the verb (see Etymology 1 above).
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