swap meet

noun

: a gathering for the sale or barter of usually secondhand objects

Examples of swap meet in a Sentence

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Half food festival, half swap meet, the events draw 100-plus vendors a week in Pomona and San Bernardino. Calmatters, Mercury News, 20 June 2025 Since then, he’s been selling used items at a local swap meet. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025 The brothers eventually sing and lead the police to a swap meet, where the guy who bought Sad Eyes is torturing her in the back of his specially squicky truck. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025 However, after receiving thousands of items as designers like Anine Bing dropped off dozens of boxes and celebrities like Annette Bening giving pieces from her own closet, the guild held a swap meet at its Burbank headquarters to raise even more money for fire victims. Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swap meet

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of swap meet was in 1965

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“Swap meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swap%20meet. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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