Swap
[swɑp]
Definition
(verb.) move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science.
Typist: Marcus--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To strike; -- with off.
(v. i.) To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop.
(v. t.) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
(v. t.) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
(n.) A blow; a stroke.
(n.) An exchange; a barter.
(n.) Hastily.
Inputed by Ezra
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Colloquial.. Written also Swop.] Exchange, barter, trade.
n. Exchange, barter, barter-trade.
Typed by Barnaby
Definition
v.t. to barter.—n. an exchange.—adj. Swap′ping large.
Typist: Rodger
Examples
- I swapped horses with Mohammed, the kingly-looking Egyptian who is our Ferguson's lieutenant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thirty or forty pilgrims had arrived from the ship, by the short routes, and much swapping of gossip had to be indulged in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You made a bad hand at swapping when you went to anybody but me, Vincy! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Barbie