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swapping out

swapping out is the present participle and gerund of swap out.

Meaning of swap out

Verb

swap out (third-person singular simple present swaps out, present participle swapping out, simple past and past participle swapped out)

  1. (transitive) To transfer (memory contents) into a swap file.
    Synonyms:
    outswap
    Antonyms:
    swap in
  2. (ambitransitive) To exchange (something or someone) for an unused (or less-used) equivalent.
    • Those men are tired; let's swap that unit out.
    Synonyms:
    switch, switch out
    Antonyms:
    swap in
  3. (transitive) To exchange (something) for (something else). (usually followed by with or for)
    • I'll swap out the dead battery for a new one.
    Antonyms:
    swap in

See all 5 meanings of swap out

Questions about swapping out

What is swapping out the present participle and gerund of?
Swapping out is the present participle and gerund of swap out.

Words near swapping out in the dictionary

  1. swappie
  2. swappiness
  3. swapping
  4. swapping horses in midstream
  5. swapping in
  6. swapping out
  7. swapping over
  8. swapping places
  9. swapping spit
  10. swappings
  11. swapportunities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swapping out (page history and authors); swap out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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