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Swapped

Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swapping.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. Swap a blow, Swap, v. i.] [Written also swop.]

  1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] ``Swap off his head!''
    --Chaucer.

  2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.]
    --Miss Edgeworth.

Wiktionary
swapped

vb. (en-past of: swap)

WordNet
swap
  1. n. an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" [syn: barter, swop, trade]

  2. [also: swops, swopping, swopped, swapping, swapped]

swap
  1. v. exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: trade, swop, switch]

  2. move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

  3. [also: swops, swopping, swopped, swapping, swapped]

swapped

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Usage examples of "swapped".

They, and the field operators who handled the most difficult unclassified commissions - one group in fact, for the unlimited switchboard operators and the unlimited field operators swapped places indiscriminately.

When we swapped associate status under treaty for the advantages of a full voice in the affairs of the Empire, it was explicitly agreed that our local institutions, our own constitution, and so forth, would not be affected-and tacitly agreed that no member of the royal family would ever visit America.

We swapped schoolboy Latin back and forth by rote, he inquiring what I wanted, I reminding him that he had summoned me, etc.

There were times (in the middle of the night, usually) when I would gladly have swapped it all for one beat-up tomcat, or for a chance to spend an afternoon taking little Ricky to the zoo.

Then about twenty years ago there had been one of those tax-saving mergers, with Hired Girl stock swapped for stock in the mauufacturing firm and the new firm taking the name of the one that I had founded.

Bob and Stan swapped pieces with each other several times before Rafe gave in and put the last piece of pie between them.

Then,” Reba added coolly, “a few weeks later he swapped me for a mine called the China Queen.

He bucked and twisted and swapped ends, trying with all his huge strength to shake off the hated weight of a man.

Just a cautious little taste to make sure the sugar and the salt didn’t get swapped around.

Logic had told her that Seng was being bribed with upgrades on his collection of jade erotica - excellent pieces swapped for the so-so goods she had examined on Farmer Island.

Walker waited until Tiga drifted down to her end of the table before he swapped plates with Faith and started eating.

More exhibitors swapped goods at these events than sold them outright to walk-ins.

If you searched the ranch you'd find the stolen paintings, including the one he swapped out because it showed Bliss's bracelet too clear for his comfort.

The reporter swapped sexist jokes with one of the technicians until the director gave the signal.

She swapped it for a synthetic, took the real one home, and matched it with her working photographs.