Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Swap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swapping}.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swap \Swap\, v. i. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swap \Swap\, n. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swap \Swap\, adv. [See {Swap}, n.]
Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swap
n : an equal exchange; "we had no money so we hd to live by
barter" [syn: {barter}, {swop}, {trade}, {quid pro quo}]
v 1: exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: {trade},
{swop}, {switch}]
2: move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
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