Word Direct Answers

What does "swap" mean?

Swap: To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] Miss Edgeworth.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. C. Richardson (Dict.). All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. Chaucer.
  2. 3.To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
  3. 4.A blow; a stroke. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  4. 5.An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
  5. 6.Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]

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