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Definitions for Swipe

[1] a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
[2] Informal . a swing of the arm in order to strike somebody; punch.
[3] a sideswipe.
[4] Informal . a critical or cutting remark.
[5] a leverlike device for raising or lowering a weight, especially a bucket in a well; sweep.
[6] an act or instance of swiping: You can debit your checking account with just a swipe of your card.
[7] Also called rub·ber . Horse Racing . a person who rubs down horses in a stable; groom.
[8] to strike with a sweeping blow.
[9] Informal . to steal: He'll swipe anything that isn't nailed down.
[10] to slide (a magnetic card) quickly through an electronic device that reads data.
[11] Digital Technology . to move a finger or fingers, or a stylus, across an area on (a touchscreen) in order to execute a command: Put your finger on the arrow and swipe the screen to the right to unlock your phone.
[12] to make a sweeping stroke.
[13] to slide a magnetic card through an electronic device.
[14] Digital Technology . to move the fingers across a touchscreen: Swipe to the right to close the article.
[15] (when intr, usually foll by at ) informal to hit hard with a sweeping blow
[16] (tr) slang to steal
[17] (tr) to pass a machine-readable card, such as a credit card, debit card, etc, through a machine that electronically interprets the information encoded, usu. in a magnetic strip, on the card
[18] informal a hard blow
[19] an unexpected criticism of someone or something while discussing another subject
[20] Also called: sweep a type of lever for raising and lowering a weight, such as a bucket in a well

Words related to Swipe

slap, pilfer, sneak, blow, knock, lick, clip, sock, clout, swat, smack, cuff, rap, wallop, strike, clump, wipe, bash, nab, cop

Words nearby Swipe

swingy, swinish, swink, swinnerton, swinney, swipe, swipe card, swipes, swipple, swirl, swirly

Origin of Swipe

1730–40; akin to sweep1; cognate with German schweifen

Word origin for Swipe

C19: perhaps related to sweep

Synonyms for Swipe

slap, bash, blow, clip, clout, clump, cuff, knock, lick, rap, smack, sock, strike, swat, wallop, wipe, lash out