swap

Etymology 1
From, originally meaning "to hurl" or "to strike", the word alludes to striking hands together when making an exchange; probably from , a secondary form of. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Compare also, from ,. More at.

Verb

 * 1)  To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
 * 2)  To hit, to strike.
 * 3)  To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
 * 4)  To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
 * 1)  To hit, to strike.
 * 2)  To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
 * 3)  To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
 * 1)  To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
 * 2)  To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
 * 1)  To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:switch
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:hit
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:rush
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:rush

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ruil
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Cornish: keschanjya
 * Czech:, prohodit
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, tehdä vaihtokauppa
 * French:
 * Georgian: გაცვლა
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ប្តូរ
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Latvian: mainīt
 * Maltese: partat
 * Maori: whakawhiti, whakawhitiwhiti, kurutete
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: trotchi
 * Occitan:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, intercambiar
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: magpalitan, magbaligyaan
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ymgyfnewid

Etymology 2
From the verb. .

Noun



 * 1) An exchange of two comparable things.
 * 2)  A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
 * 3)  Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
 * 4)  A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at.
 * 1)  A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at.
 * 1)  A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ruil
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: bescanvi,, troc
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 取り替え, ,
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: maiņa
 * Maltese: bdil
 * Maori: kurutete, whiti
 * Occitan:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Tagalog: palitan, baligyaan
 * Vietnamese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: vaihtosopimus,
 * German: Swap
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , permuta financiera

Etymology 3
From, , from the verb (see Etymology 1 above).

Noun

 * 1)  A blow; a stroke.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  swap financial derivative
 * 2)  swap auxiliary memory

Derived terms

 * verbs: