(v. i.) To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop.
(v. t.) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
(v. t.) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
(n.) A blow; a stroke.
(n.) An exchange; a barter.
(n.) Hastily.
Example Sentences:
(1) An IOC member for 23 years he has assidiously collected the leadership of the acronym heavy subsets of that organisation, which may be less riddled with corruption than it was before the Salt Lake City scandal but has swapped outlandish bribes for mountains of bureaucracy.
(2) The disappointing weather at Easter left beaches deserted but some Britons, who were determined to enjoy the outdoors this time round, have already had their plans thwarted by the weather, taking to websites such as ukcampsite.co.uk to swap tales of woe, such as farmers calling to cancel bookings because sites were waterlogged.
(3) Dortmund seemed certain to score after Reus and Grosskreutz swapped passes on the edge of the area and Reuz tapped the ball into the path of Gundogan, charging in to meet it five yards out.
(4) We stayed together for several more years, until I swapped her for a flashy Mazda coupe.
(5) He considers himself more of a tracksuit coach, despite seeing his influence with the younger age groups at St George’s Park diminished since Matt Crocker swapped Southampton for the FA to become head of player and coach development, but would be more than happy to be part of the body’s consultation process as they seek to identify Hodgson’s successor.
(6) Businesses and financial institutions bought swaps as part of their risk management.
(7) More here: UK regulator urges banks to speed up swaps mis-selling compensation 8.40am GMT More reaction to the decision to send riot police to evict people from the offices of Greece's former state broadcaster this morning , starting with journalist Nick Malkoutzis: Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) 5 mths after flicking switch on public broadcaster ERT, gov't tries to settle issue by sending riot police to remove remaining staff #Greece November 7, 2013 Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) While #ERT will be off air for good after police intervention, the stain of how its closure has been handled won't wash away easily #Greece November 7, 2013 Lady Mondegreen (@amaenad) Like a mean stupid dog appeasing a cruel master, the Greek government wants to lay ERT's limp body at the troika's feet.
(8) In general it is clear that patients with early infections respond strongly to SEA while response to SWAP are develop more slowly.
(9) Southern said on Tuesday it would reinstate travel passes for staff and allow them to swap shifts, reversing two contentious moves following strike action.
(10) There is no realistic prospect of completing a debt for equity swap.
(11) Run, Dates and The Returned all led the broadcaster into an unusually fruitful August, a period once regarded as a dumping ground for misfiring shows as many viewers swap the TV for their summer holidays.
(12) A tape-swapping culture grew, on plain tapes, without artwork or track lists.
(13) These results show that under the conditions tested, leukocytes appear to react directly with SEA or SWAP thus losing their property of adherence to glass.
(14) Key figures are Frank Lowenstein, Kerry’s special emissary for Middle East peace, and David Makovsky, an expert from the Washington Institute thinktank who specialises in the highly-complex mapping work that will be crucial to any land swaps.
(15) The discovery of "serious failings" in the sale of these so-called interest rate swaps comes as the banking industry is mired in controversy about manipulating interest rates following the record-breaking £290m fine slapped on Barclays on Wednesday.
(16) To define the domains of myogenin responsible for sequence-specific DNA binding, activation of muscle-specific transcription, and cooperativity with other transcription factors, we have generated an extensive series of mutants by site-directed mutagenesis and domain swapping.
(17) Twenty-one individuals at RBS were involved in manipulating the yen and Swiss franc Libor "either falsely high … or falsely low", according to the CFTC, which in turn helped the profitability of swaps positions held by the bailed-out bank.
(18) Attempts by backers of the rebels and the government to orchestrate a population swap have yet to succeed, but an evacuation of the wounded was agreed in late December.
(19) Additional examples were given including stories that Madeleine had been "sold" to ease financial burdens and that the McCanns were involved in "swinging" or "wife-swapping orgies".
(20) BBQ Champ, which will be hosted by Adam Richman, the American presenter of cult TV hit Man V Food, will feature Bake Off-style challenges but swaps pastries and cupcakes for burgers and kebabs.
Swipe
Definition:
(n.) A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
(n.) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
(n.) Poor, weak beer; small beer.
(v. t.) To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.
(v. t.) To pluck; to snatch; to steal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Why bother to put the investigators, prosecutors, judge, jury and me through this if one person can set justice aside, with the swipe of a pen.
(2) They released a song on (the now banned) YouTube, called Alu Anday (Potatoes and Eggs) taking a swipe at the military as well as sectarian killers.
(3) He has just performed a skit now about his bicycle scheme, which included a swipe at the French (because their scheme resulted in many more cycles being pinched, apparently.)
(4) Text is said to appear sharper, while a "control centre" on the phone allows users to adjust settings with just one swipe from the bottom of the screen.
(5) In a swipe at Corbyn, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, addressing the meeting, said: “Never forget, the best way to represent and deliver for working people will always be from the government benches.” After the meeting, the former Labour MP Lord Watts confronted Seumas Milne, Corbyn’s head of communications, and told him he was “a disgrace”.
(6) To check the Hub while in an app, you use your thumb to swipe the screen from left to right, and can "peek" at the Hub's inbox.
(7) Overlaying the image are a few brusque swipes across the canvas, a gauzy smear of thin white paint, as if something had passed between us and the painting.
(8) The slate was wiped clean “as far as I am concerned”, Corbyn added, before taking a swipe at the alleged purge of some of his supporters over comments made on Twitter.
(9) There are also problems with gestures such as swiping the screen because they're "inherently vague", and "lack discoverability": there's no way to tell what a gesture will do at any particular point.
(10) A furious Aitor Karanka tore into his Middlesbrough players and aimed a swipe at Boro supporters after squandering the opportunity to go top of the Championship table at Blackburn.
(11) The dour Zenawi could not resist a swipe at western pundits who had once written off Africa.
(12) The first real opening of the second half fell to Norwich, but Gary O’Neil swiped wildly at the ball.
(13) And oddly, ridiculously, he then swipes at the final ball, trying to take it from outside off round to leg, missing by plenty.
(14) She says he missed that "profit without purpose is a recipe for disaster" # MGEITF August 23, 2012 6.49pm BST Lisa O'Carroll has just tweeted: lisa o'carroll (@lisaocarroll) Lis Murdoch: News Copr s a company that s currently asking itself some very significant and difficult questions # mgeitf August 23, 2012 and lisa o'carroll (@lisaocarroll) A swipe at James?
(15) Swipe fully you are back in the Hub, but unfortunately the app you were in closes at that point.
(16) Although he took a swipe at Trump during a private fundraiser last week, Cruz has publicly showered him with praise and even voted against an amendment in the Senate judiciary committee that symbolically rejected Trump’s anti-Muslim proposal.
(17) There were 19m GP appointments last year, as well as 1m attendances at A&E, and 3m outpatient appointments “We’ve not robbed our social services departments to make it look like we have artificially inflated our health service budget”, he says, in a direct swipe at the Conservatives’ proud boast that they have successfully increased the NHS budget in England every year since 2010.
(18) Do you wish you could change the elements in the Control Center (which you reach by swiping up from the bottom) - so for example it would contain your favourite apps, not just the clock, torch, calculator and camera?
(19) Inside there's a chatty column about a dilemma that irritates all New Yorkers – how to swipe your Metro card at the turnstiles of the subway.
(20) A picture pops onto the screen, and you are immediately given the option to click yes or no, or even better you can swipe them to the left or right to get that heightened experience that you are whooshing unworthy candidates directly into the bin.