Swap

Definition

swap (also swop ) /swɒp/ v ( -pp- ) ~ (sth) (with sb) ; ~ (sb) sth for sth ; ~ sth (over/ round) ( infml ) လဲသည္။ ဖသည္။ ဖလွယ္သည္။ Does anybody want to swap (with me)? ❍ I couldn't see the screen properly so we swapped seats. ❍ swap jokes/ stories/ information/ ideas ❍ I swapped my Peugeot for a Renault. ❍ I swapped him my John Coltrane cassette for his Miles Davis. n (က) (usu sing ) ဖျခင္း။ လဲျခင္း။ ဖလွယ္ျခင္း။ Shall we do a swap — your fishing-rod for my tennis racket? (ခ) ဖလွယ္သည့္ပစၥည္း။

Examples

1. Do you want to swap seats?
2. [swap with someone] : If you like this one better
3. I’ll swap with you.
4. [swap something with someone] : Members are encouraged to swap books with each other.
5. [swap something for something] : We swapped the worn-out tyre for a brand new one.
6. [swap something with someone] : Managers will swap jobs with sales staff for a day.
7. [swap over] : Let’s swap over: I’ll drive and you can navigate.
8. [swap someone/something over/around] : Drew called a team meeting and said he was going to swap us two over.
9. After dinner
10. they sat around swapping stories about their travels.