swap
English
/swɒp/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
- (transitive) To hit, to strike.
- (transitive) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
- (intransitive) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English swappen (swap) inherited from Old English *swappian, swāpan (sweep, swoop).
Origin
Old English
swāpan
Gloss
sweep, swoop
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🧹
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- body English
- bodyswap English
- gender English
- genderswap English
- list English
- meet English
- mind English
- mindswap English
- swapling English
- swaplist English
- swapmeet English
- swappable English
- swapper English
- swapsies English
- swapt English
- toswap English
- unswappable English
- swap Finnish
- Zins German
- Zinsswap German
- *swaipaną Proto-Germanic
- *swappian Old English
- swāpan Old English
- swēop Old English
- swappen Middle English
- swopen Middle English
- toswappen Middle English
- *swaipan gmw-pro