SWIPED

Verb

swiped

simple past tense and past participle of swipe

Anagrams

• wisped

Source: Wiktionary


SWIPE

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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