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verb (used with object)
1.
to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make an exchange.
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Swapping
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noun
3.
an exchange: He got the radio in a swap.
Also, swop.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English swappen to strike, strike hands (in bargaining); cognate with dialectal German schwappen to box (the ears)
1300–50; Middle English swappen to strike, strike hands (in bargaining); cognate with dialectal German schwappen to box (the ears)
Related forms
swap·per, noun
un·swapped, adjective
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Word Origin & History
swap
c.1300, "to strike, strike the hands together," possibly imitative of the sound of hitting. The sense of "exchange, barter, trade" is first recorded 1594, possibly from the practice of slapping hands together as a sign of agreement in bargaining. The noun in this sense is attested from 1625.
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