Thesaurus: swap

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1. v. i. To strike; -- with off.
2. v. i. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop.
3. v. t. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
4. v. t. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
5. n. A blow; a stroke.
6. n. An exchange; a barter.
7. n. Hastily.
8. n. an equal exchange
9. v. exchange or give (something) in exchange for
10. v. move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
11. 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. 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. 1. A blow; a stroke. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott. Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]
12. Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]