swop
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /swɑp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swɒp/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒp
Noun
swop (plural swops)
- Alternative spelling of swap
Verb
swop (third-person singular simple present swops, present participle swopping, simple past and past participle swopped)
- Alternative spelling of swap
- 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer; Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 315:
- 'We make a pair, by God and by St James! / But, brother, what do you say to swopping names?'
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Etymology 2
Blend of swing + hip-hop
Noun
swop (uncountable)
- A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.
Anagrams
- POWs, WSOP, Wops, pows, wops