Swap1, adv.
(swŏp), adv. [See SWAP, n.] Hastily; at a snatch. [Prov. Eng.] [Low.]
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(swŏp), adv. [See SWAP, n.] Hastily; at a snatch. [Prov. Eng.] [Low.]
(swŏp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SWAPPED (swŏpt); p. pr. & vb. n. SWAPPING.] [O. & Prov. Eng., to strike; Ger. schwappen. Cf. to strike a bargain.] [Written also swop.]
[See supra; Ger. schwapp, n., a slap, swap, schwapp, schwapps, interj. slap! smack!]
[Obs.] 1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. C. Richardson. 2. To beat the air with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. More.