swapped; swapping
1
a
: to give in trade : barter
b
2
: to take turns in telling
swap stories
: to make an exchange
swapper
noun
: an act, instance, or process of exchanging one thing for another
Examples of swap in a Sentence
Verb
He swapped his cupcake for a candy bar.
I swapped seats with my sister so she could see the stage better.
I liked her blue notebook and she liked my red one, so we swapped.
Noun
They made the swap in secret.
we made a swap: I'll do the dishes tonight and she'll do them for me tomorrow
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
What To Do Users are saying that swapping the device for another iPhone 16e didn’t solve the problem and nor did a factory reset.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
In 2024, another TikTok couple, Bri Reyes and Lo Reyes, melted hearts after a spontaneous shoe swap on a date night.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Of course, upsets occur regularly, so while these games bring value in swapping out the market odds to +4000, nothing is a lock.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
What To Do Users are saying that swapping the device for another iPhone 16e didn’t solve the problem and nor did a factory reset.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
The Trump administration has stated the plane was already out of U.S. jurisdiction and the members were unloaded in El Salvador after Secretary of State Marco Rubio secured a deal with the country’s president for a prisoner swap.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
In 2024, another TikTok couple, Bri Reyes and Lo Reyes, melted hearts after a spontaneous shoe swap on a date night.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Swap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swap. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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