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swop

[swop]

verb (used with or without object)

Chiefly British.
swopped, swopping 
  1. swap.



swop

/ swɒp /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of swap

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The male had been calling the female back to the nest and she arrived, swopping down towards the kite.

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Either way, it means the two hosts of The Apprentice won’t be able to swop anecdotes about boardroom bloodletting.

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“It’s a pity that so many young people appear to be swopping one set of health risks with another,” he said.

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By the time I stepped off the train, flats swopped for heels, I strode along the platform as light and carefree as a 25-year-old.

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The organisation said five carmakers had admitted swopping airbags for identical devices in Australia as a temporary fix.

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