swap meet

American  

noun

1. a fair or bazaar where objects, usually secondhand, are bartered or sold.

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Usage

What does swap meet mean? A swap meet is a place, often physical but sometimes virtual, where vendors sell or exchange goods, typically secondhand.How is swap meet pronounced?[ swop meet ]

Etymology

Origin of swap meet

First recorded in 1960–65

Compare meaning

How does swap-meet compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• swap meet vs. flea market

Example Sentences

Turning a blind eye to infringing sellers at your swap meet is infringement.

From Slate

Explaining how she came to edit the book of L.A. tabloid photos, Keaton told The Times an L.A. city librarian came up to her at a swap meet.

From Los Angeles Times

She was living in Laguna Beach when she stumbled upon a box of Victorian dresses at a local swap meet.

From Los Angeles Times

District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, an appointee of President Biden, said she found a sufficient amount of evidence that agents were using race, language, a person’s vocation or the location they were at, such as a car wash, Home Depot, swap meet or row of street vendors, to form “reasonable suspicion” — the legal standard needed to detain someone.

From Los Angeles Times

While the film starts in 1964 with the harrowing birth of the Warren’s beloved daughter Judy, the plot largely takes place in 1986, an annus horribilis for the misbegotten Smurl family from West Pittstown, Penn., haunted by an antique mirror adorned with three carved baby heads, picked up from a swap meet.

From Los Angeles Times