| English > English | |
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| swapping | |
| 1. n. The act by which something is swapped; an exchange. |  |
| 2. adj. (archaic) large; whopping | |
| swap | |
| 1. v. To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else). | |
| Synonyms: exchange, switch, trade | |
| 2. v. (transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently. | |
| 5. n. An exchange of two comparable things. | |
| 6. n. (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream. | |
| 7. n. (computing, informal) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory. | |
| How much swap do you need? | |
| 8. n. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A blow; a stroke. | |
