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Webster 1913 Edition

Swap

Swap

,
Verb.
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
,
Verb.
I.
]
[Written also
swop
.]
1.
To strike; – with off.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
“Swap off his head!”
Chaucer.
2.
To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop.
[Colloq.]
Miss Edgeworth.

Swap

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf.
Swap
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
C. Richardson (Dict.).
All suddenly she
swapt
adown to ground.
Chaucer.
2.
To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

Swap

,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
schwapp
, n., a slap, swap,
schwapp
,
schwapps
, interj., slap! smack! and E.
swap
, v.t.]
1.
A blow; a stroke.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2.
An exchange; a barter.
[Colloq.]
Sir W. Scott.

Swap

,
adv.
[See
Swap
,
Noun.
]
Hastily.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Swap

SWAP

,
adv.
Hastily; at a snatch. [A low word and local.]

SWAP

,
Verb.
T.
To exchange; to barter; to swop. [See Swop.] [This word is not elegant, but common in colloquial language in America.]

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