SWIPE

swipe

(noun) a sweeping stroke or blow

swipe

(verb) strike with a swiping motion

pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift

(verb) make off with belongings of others

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

swipe (third-person singular simple present swipes, present participle swiping, simple past and past participle swiped)

(intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.

(transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.

(transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.

(intransitive, computing) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.

(transitive, computing) To draw (one's finger) rapidly across a touch screen.

(transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.

Coordinate terms

• (to interact with a touch screen): scroll

Noun

swipe (countable and uncountable, plural swipes)

(countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.

(countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.

(countable, computing) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.

(countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.

(countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.

(countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.

(uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.

Synonym: swipes

Anagrams

• pwise, wipes

Source: Wiktionary

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Swipe, n. Etym: [Cf. Sweep, Swiple.]

1. A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. R. A. Proctor.

3. pl.

Definition: Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, Eng.] [Written also swypes.] Craig.

Swipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swiping.]

1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball. Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. R. A. Proctor.

2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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