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Noun: swap  swóp
  1. An equal exchange
    "we had no money so we had to live by swap";
    - barter, swop, trade
Verb: swap (swapped,swapping)  swóp
  1. Exchange or give (something) in exchange for
    "They swapped phone numbers at the end of the party";
    - trade, swop, switch
     
  2. Move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
    "The operating system swapped the inactive program to disk"

Derived forms: swapped, swapping, swaps

Type of: change, exchange, go, interchange, locomote, move, travel

Encyclopedia: Swap