SWOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swop mean? 

• SWOP (noun)
  The noun SWOP has 1 sense:

1. an equal exchange

  Familiarity information: SWOP used as a noun is very rare.

• SWOP (verb)
  The verb SWOP has 1 sense:

1. exchange or give (something) in exchange for

  Familiarity information: SWOP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWOP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An equal exchange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

barter; swap; swop; trade

Context example:

we had no money so we had to live by barter

Hypernyms ("swop" is a kind of...):

exchange; interchange (reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swop"):

horse trade; horse trading (the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining))

Derivation:

swop (exchange or give (something) in exchange for)

• SWOP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they swop    ... he / she / it swops   
Past simple: swopped   
Past participle: swopped   
-ing form: swopping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

swap; switch; swop; trade

Hypernyms (to "swop" is one way to...):

change; exchange; interchange (give to, and receive from, one another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

swop (an equal exchange)