Engage in give and take

Usage examples of swap.

The effect of this was so astoundingly nasty that we shall not be referring to it again at any point in this narrative-other than to record briefly the fact that it caused Zaphod to throw up inside his suit, which he therefore removed and swapped, after suitable headgear modifications, with the empty one.

His PDA discreetly swaps digital fingerprints, confirming that the hand belongs to Bob Franklin, a Research Triangle startup monkey with a VC track record, lately moving into micromachining and space technology.

I noticed that Guinalle spent the trip deep in conversation with Usara, doubtless swapping theories on magic, with Parrail hovering attentively at her elbow while Temar looked on with no small measure of annoyance.

Who fought the Polychrest till she sunk under him, and swapped her for a corvette cut out from right under their guns?

There was a lot of jazz and jabber in the air, what with the good champagne, the prettified canapes, the tuxed tapsters, the money, and swapping the odd smile or wave or shout I moved among them, free as water.

The theory is that we two had betrayed you, Rammy, and swapped the letter against his bare promise to pay us in Damascus.

And, some way or other, their scintillometers happened to get swapped temporarily for a pair of slightly finagled ones we had on board.

Harry, to swap jobs with a chap like Rudy on the chance of picking up a hot trail like that of Sheff Hassell.

Some will be stationed in the warehouse, others in Man Station, with of course a lot of swapping back and forth.

Brian took up position ten feet behind and took out his pen, swapping out the point and checking visually to make sure he was ready.

This involved a certain amount of swapping back and forth as they tried to figure out which robe fitted who the best.

Charles was swapping conversational gambits with the governor, a grizzled Scotsman who wanted to hear news from Home, trying to find out if they could hire islanders to guide them into the jungle.

In the operating room adjacent to the main infirmary compartment, Quark saw Bashir and Tarses swapping medical jargon with Dr.

T-shirts and jeans, carrying empty backpacks and riding on roller skates, perfectly acquainted with every inch of the terrain, had come precision whirring and ticking into the giant Plaza just before closing time and departed only moments later with the packs stuffed full of eyeshadows, mascaras, lipsticks, earrings, barrettes, bracelets, pantyhose, and fashion shades, all of which they had turned immediately for cash from an older person named Otis, with a panel truck headed for a swap meet far away.

During this time, he and Rick could swap stories, or Archimedes and Rick would put on what they thought were their hilarious comedy schticks and soft shoe routines, which bored Bill so tremendously that he would fall asleep if he even thought about them.