Past tense of swap
regular verb
The past tense of swap is swapped. The past participle is also swapped.
Forms of swap
| Base form (V1) | swap /ˈswɒp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | swapped |
| Past participle (V3) | swapped |
| Present participle | swapping |
| Third person singular | swaps |
Swapped in a sentence
- And he whipped his sword out of its scabbard, and swapped off the pudding from the black knight's nose.1954, Edward Eager, Half Magic
- The stage magician surreptitiously swapped the ungimmicked pack of cards for a trick pack.From the entry ungimmicked
- Jerry was slowing down, so I swapped in Tom.From the entry swap in
- Jerry was slowing down, so I swapped Tom in.From the entry swap in
- The routine that actually changes the paging register must be in an unpaged region; otherwise it will no longer be executable after it has swapped pages.From the entry unpaged
Meaning of swap
- verb To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).
- verb To hit, to strike.
- verb To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
Questions about the past tense of swap
- What is the past tense of swap?
- The past tense of swap is swapped.
- What is the past participle of swap?
- The past participle of swap is swapped.
- Is swap a regular or irregular verb?
- Swap is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: swap (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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