[syn: trade, swap, swop, switch]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swapping.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a
bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. Swap a blow, Swap,
v. i.] [Written also swop.]
1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Swap off his
head!" --Chaucer.
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2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to
swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swop \Swop\, v. & n.
Same as Swap. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
swop
n 1: an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by
barter" [syn: barter, swap, swop, trade]
v 1: exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: trade,
swap, swop, switch]