swop

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /swɑp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /swɒp/

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

Noun

swop (plural swops)

1. Alternative spelling of swap

Verb

swop (third-person singular simple present swops, present participle swopping, simple past and past participle swopped)

1. Alternative spelling of swap
   • 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, 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?'

Etymology 2

Blend of swing +‎ hip-hop

Noun

swop (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• POWs, WSOP, Wops, pows, wops