Phrase Hound found 44 phrases and 39 compound words that contain swap. The most common are listed below. Open swap in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 44
- swap spaceSpace on a hard disk used as auxiliary memory.
- prisoner swapA deal between opposing sides in a conflict, in which each side agrees to release prisoners.
- face swapAn instance of swapping faces in an image or video.
- swap fileA file on disk used as auxiliary memory.
- credit default swapA credit derivative contract between two counterparties, whereby the buyer (seller of risk) makes periodic payments to the seller (buyer of risk) in exchange for the right to a payoff if there is a default or other credit event in respect …
- swap meetA meet for the purpose of trading, including buying and selling or swapping (bartering), especially secondhand, vintage, or collectible goods; a flea market.
- swap lineA procedure whereby a central bank (usually the United States Federal Reserve) trades money with a foreign bank in one currency in exchange for an equivalent amount of money in the foreign bank's domestic currency, for the purpose of …
- palette swapTo change the color palette used to render a palettized image.
- interest rate swapA contract to exchange the benefit of one interest rate with another. Often a fixed interest rate is exchanged for a variable rate so as to allow one party to remove an exposure to a variable rate for which they pay a premium on the fixed …
- swap outTo transfer (memory contents) into a swap file.
- total return swapA financial derivative that transfers both the credit risk and market risk of an underlying asset.
- gender swapAlternative form of genderswap: An instance of changing a fictional character's biological sex or gender identity from the canonical norm.
- hot swapTo remove or replace a component while the computer is still running.
- LS-swapA car where the engine has been replaced by a General Motors LS-series internal combustion gasoline engine.
- soft swapa swinging practice in which two couples swap partners but without full sexual intercourse.
- swap bodiesplural of swap body: A demountable body, a type of freight container which can be transported by road or rail.
- swap bodyA demountable body, a type of freight container which can be transported by road or rail.
- swap chainA series of virtual framebuffers used by the graphics card and API for frame rate stabilization, stutter reduction, etc.
- swap meetsplural of swap meet: A meet for the purpose of trading, including buying and selling or swapping (bartering), especially secondhand, vintage, or collectible goods; a flea market.
- swap shopAn agency that provides a communication channel where items, especially secondhand ones, are traded or sold.
- SIM swapA social engineering scam in which a perpetrator takes over the phone number of a target.
- swap partitionA disk partition designated as auxiliary memory, used primarily on Unix and Linux systems.
- Yankee swapSynonym of white elephant exchange: A party game involving the exchange of amusing and impractical gifts. On each turn, the current player can either unwrap the next gift or "steal" an existing unwrapped gift from another player.
- swap boxA box which is used for exchange of items; individuals put in items that they do not want to have, and other individuals who are in need of such items take them for themselves freely.
- swap overTo exchange, change over (positions etc.)
Compound words 39
- swapmeetAlternative form of swap meet: A meet for the purpose of trading, including buying and selling or swapping (bartering), especially secondhand, vintage, or collectible goods; a flea market.
- swaptionAn instrument granting the owner an option to enter an interest rate swap.
- genderswapAn instance of changing a fictional character's biological sex or gender identity from the canonical norm.
- bodyswapThe act or event of two people or other thinking creatures exchanging minds (by magic, technology, or other means), so that each one ends up in the physical body of the other.
- bloodswapAn instance of changing a troll character's blood colour caste from canon.
- swapletan individual component in a swap
- swaporamaAn event at which all participants donate items which can then be taken for free by other participants.
- swaplingAn infant or child secretly exchanged for another; changeling.
- swapportunityan opportunity to make a swap
- outswapSynonym of swap out: To transfer (memory contents) into a swap file.