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Swap   /swɑp/   Listen
verb
Swap  v. t.  (past & past part. swapped; pres. part. swapping)  (Written also swop)  
1.
To strike; with off. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.) "Swap off his head!"
2.
To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. (Colloq.)


Swap  v. i.  
1.
To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. "All suddenly she swapt adown to ground."
2.
To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.


noun
Swap  n.  
1.
A blow; a stroke. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)
2.
An exchange; a barter. (Colloq.)


adverb
Swap  adv.  Hastily. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Swap" Quotes from Famous Books



... been moments in my years of stress and struggle when I've been tempted to join the gaudy, cackling fowl whose feathers I flatter myself I've plucked pretty thoroughly in my book! But I've resisted the devil by prayers and fasting; and, by George, sir, I wouldn't swap my modest victory for the vogue of the biggest boomster in England! [Boisterously.] Ha, ha, ha! Whoop! [Seizing ROOPE and shaking him.] Dare to preach your gospel to me now, you arch-apostle ...
— The Big Drum - A Comedy in Four Acts • Arthur Pinero
... Tie them in two strings and send them out with two policemen to wait for us ten miles along the road. Be sure they start ahead of us. Soon as we overtake them I'll dismiss Rafiki's men, who'll be nothing but his spies, swap the princess and her four men and their loads on to the fresh beasts, and leave the police to chase Rafiki's experts home again. Will ...
— The Lion of Petra • Talbot Mundy
... sleep already." His voice was dryly sarcastic. "It's too bad you rode this far for nothing; can't even get a look at me. But it's no time to visit a man, anyway. You and your boys flop outside. We'll swap palaver in the morning. ...
— The Trail to Yesterday • Charles Alden Seltzer
... Nothing but sand washes and sand hills, except the naked mountains 'way off with their bones sticking through. But in the mo'ning like this, when the world's kind o' smiley with the sunshine, or after dark when things are sorter violet soft and the mountains lose their edges—say, would you swap it for ...
— Crooked Trails and Straight • William MacLeod Raine
... the various duties be sure not to work the "willing horse" too hard but let all share as much alike as possible. Some will always want to volunteer too often and some will try to avoid certain duties distasteful to themselves or "swap" with others. This should not be allowed but helping must never be barred completely. Inspect camp personally at least once a day and call attention to shortcomings kindly without chiding. You can help your girls to help themselves. A "driver" in camp ...
— How Girls Can Help Their Country • Juliette Low


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