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swipe

Syllabification: (swipe)
Pronunciation: /swīp/
informal
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Definition of swipe

verb

[with object]
  • 1hit or try to hit with a swinging blow:she swiped me right across the nose [no object]:she lifted her hand to swipe at a cat
  • 2steal:someone swiped one of his sausages
  • 3pass (a swipe card) through an electronic device that reads and processes the information encoded on it.

noun

  • a sweeping blow:he missed the ball with his first swipe
  • an attack or criticism:he took a swipe at his critics

Derivatives

swipeable

(also swipable) adjective

swiper

noun

Origin:

mid 18th century: perhaps a variant of sweep

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