swap

swap
[[t]swɒ̱p[/t]]
swaps, swapping, swapped
1) V-RECIP If you swap something with someone, you give it to them and receive a different thing in exchange.

[V pl-n] Next week they will swap places and will repeat the switch weekly...

[V pl-n with n] I'd gladly swap places with mummy any day...

[V n for/with n] I know a sculptor who swaps her pieces for drawings by a well-known artist...

[V n for/with n] Some hostages were swapped for convicted prisoners.

Syn:
N-COUNT: oft n N
Swap is also a noun.

If she ever fancies a job swap, I could be interested.

2) VERB If you swap one thing for another, you remove the first thing and replace it with the second, or you stop doing the first thing and start doing the second.

[V n for n] Despite the heat, he'd swapped his overalls for a suit and tie...

[V n for n] He has swapped his hectic rock star's lifestyle for that of a country gentleman...

[V n] Both sides swapped their goalies in the 30th minute.

3) VERB If you swap stories or opinions with someone, you tell each other stories or give each other your opinions.

[V pl-n] They all sat together at table, laughing and swapping stories.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • swap — / swäp/ n 1: an exchange of securities 2: a derivative contract in which two parties (as corporations) agree to exchange rates esp. relating to debt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

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  • Swap — Swap, v. i. [Cf. {Swap}, v. t.] 1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. C. Richardson (Dict.). [1913 Webster] All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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