swap
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).
- To hit, to strike.
- To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
- To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
Noun
- An exchange of two comparable things.
- A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
- Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
- 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 Oxford University.
- A blow; a stroke.
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