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noun
A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
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noun
An attack, insult or critical remark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
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noun
Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: swipes
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verb
To grab or bat quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
To steal or snatch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Synonyms: pinch, steal, abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bash and grab, bone, boost, burgle, burglarize, borrow, cheat, chore, commandeer, confiscate, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, gilravage, half-inch, heave, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kipe, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, mooch, moonlight requisition, nick, nip, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, relieve, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, sniggle, snitch, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
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verb
To drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
a sweeping stroke or blow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: stroke, shot
verb
strike with a swiping motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hit
verb
make off with belongings of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: steal
History
From earlier swip (with a short vowel), from Middle English swippen, swype (“to move violently”), from Old English sweopian, swipian, swippan (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan, *swipōn, *swipēn, from Proto-Germanic *swipōną, *swipjaną, *swipāną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, sway, swing, sweep, swerve, turn”). Cognate with German schwippen (“sway back and forth”), Danish svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), Icelandic svipa (“riding crop, whip”). Related to sweep, swoop.
Across languages
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
