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swaps

swaps is the plural of swap.

swaps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swap.

Meaning of swap

Noun (1)

swap (plural swaps)

  1. An exchange of two comparable things.
    • I e’en changed it, as occasion served, with the skippers o’ Dutch luggers and French vessels, for gin and brandy[…] a gude swap too, between what cheereth the soul of man and that which dingeth it clean out of his body1819, Sir Walter Scott, Tales of My Landlord, The Bride of Lammermoor
  2. A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
  3. (informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
    • How much swap do you need?
  4. (Cambridge University slang) 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.

Noun (2)

swap (countable and uncountable, plural swaps)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A blow; a stroke.

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Phrases with swaps

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Questions about swaps

What is swaps the plural of?
Swaps is the plural of swap.

Words near swaps in the dictionary

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

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