swop

plural swops

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of swap.

   Of course. The idea was a straight swop. The girl against his cheque for forty million. Well, he wouldn't play: wouldn't think of playing.

   1953, Ian Fleming, “Black Hare and Grey Hound”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 105

present singular third person swops · participle present swopping · participle past swopped · past swopped

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of swap.

   'We make a pair, by God and by St James! / But, brother, what do you say to swopping names?'

   1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 315

1. uncountableA fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.