noun
Meaning 1
Someone who wipes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
wiper
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈwaɪpɚ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪpə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: W AY1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
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noun
Meaning 4
A movable electric contact in some devices.
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noun
Meaning 5
A program or process that erases data.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 7
An impertinent young man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang
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noun
Meaning 8
A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
a mechanical device that cleans the windshield
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: windshield wiper, windscreen wiper, wiper blade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mechanical device
noun
Meaning 10
contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wiper arm, contact arm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contact, tangency
noun
Meaning 11
a worker who wipes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: worker
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English wipe Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English wiper From wipe + -er.
From white (bass) and striper.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pyyhkijä — someone who wipes
- Italian: tergicristallo — someone who wipes
- Marathi: पुसणारा (pusṇārā) — someone who wipes
- Marathi: पुसणारी (pusṇārī) — someone who wipes
- Arabic: مِمْسَحَة (mimsaḥa) — something used for wiping
- Arabic: مِمْسَح (mimsaḥ) — something used for wiping
- Bulgarian: бърсалка (bǎrsalka) — something used for wiping
- Finnish: pyyhe — something used for wiping
- Finnish: pyyhin — something used for wiping
- Galician: rodelo — something used for wiping
- Galician: baeta — something used for wiping
- Kaurna: wirrkati — something used for wiping
- Russian: тря́пка (trjápka) — something used for wiping
- Russian: полоте́нце (poloténce) — something used for wiping
- Russian: салфе́тка (salfétka) — something used for wiping
- Spanish: enjugador — something used for wiping
- Spanish: enjutador — something used for wiping
- Danish: visker — something designed for wiping
- Esperanto: viŝilo — something designed for wiping
- Finnish: pyyhin — something designed for wiping
- Finnish: pyyhkijä — something designed for wiping
- Hindi: कछना (kachnā) — something designed for wiping
- Hindi: कछनी (kachnī) — something designed for wiping
- Norwegian Bokmål: visker — something designed for wiping
- Russian: дво́рник (dvórnik) — something designed for wiping
- Bulgarian: контактна четка (kontaktna četka) — movable electric contact
- Finnish: pyyhkäisykosketin — movable electric contact