swap – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to swap
Participle: swapped
Gerund: swapping

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	swap
we	Let's swap
you	swap

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

switch

hit, strike

hit

rush hastily

rush

to do things quickly and impatiently

fly, get a move on, haul, haul ass, haul one's ashes, hie, hump it, hurry, hustle, make tracks, move it, rush, scream, shift, vamoose

to replace something with something else

commute, counterchange, exchange, interchange, replace, shift, substitute, switch, transpose

to exchange goods or services without involving money

barter, chop, dicker, exchange, swop

to administer a physical blow

bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk

trade

barter, exchange

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1300, "to strike, strike the hands together," possibly imitative of the sound of hitting. The sense of "exchange, barter, trade" is first recorded 1594, possibly from the practice of slapping hands together as a sign of agreement in bargaining. The noun in this sense is attested from 1625.
2. From Middle English swappen (“to swap”), originally meaning "to hurl" or "to strike", the word alludes to striking hands together when making an exchange; probably from Old English *swappian, a secondary form of Old English swāpan (“to swoop”). Cognate with German schwappen (“to slosh, slop”). Compare also Middle English swippen (“to strike, hit”), from Old English swipian (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), Old Norse svipa (“to swoop, flash, whip, look after, look around”). More at swipe. See: German, old spelling 'schwappen'.

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