Category:Swap

Swap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swapping.] Etym: [oe. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a bargain; perh. akin to e. Sweep. Cf. Swap a blow, swap, v. i.] [written also swop.]

1. To strike; -- with off. [obs. or prov. Eng.] "swap off his head!" Chaucer.

2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [colloq.] Miss edgeworth.

Swap Swap, v. i. Etym: [cf. Swap, v. t.]

1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. C. Richardson (dict.). All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. Chaucer.

2. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or Noise; to flap.

Swap Swap, n. Etym: [cf. G. schwapp, n., a slap, swap, schwapp, schwapps, Interj., slap! Smack! And e. swap, v.t.]

1. A blow; a stroke. [obs. or prov. Eng.]

2. An exchange; a barter. [colloq.] Sir w. Scott.

Swap Swap, adv. Etym: [see swap, n.]

Defn: hastily. [prov. Eng.]