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swapping |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swap \Swap\, v. 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}, v. 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. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: swapping {swap}
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