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WIKTIONARY
swap
Noun
  • An exchange of two comparable things.
  • A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream. finance
  • A blow; a stroke. obsolete, Britain, dialect
  • Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory. computing, informal, uncountable
Verb
  • To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
  • To strike, hit. obsolete
  • To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. obsolete
  • To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. obsolete