- swipe
- \ \ see SWEEP
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Swipe — may refer to a number of things:* Swipe (breakdance move) * Swipe (comics) * Swipe, a dice game by Fundex Games * Swipe is a colloquial word for shoplifting or theft, eg. He swiped a chocolate bar from the newsagent. * Swipe files are templates… … Wikipedia
swipe — [swaɪp] verb swipe a card to pass a special plastic card such as a credit card through a machine that can read the information it contains: • The system allows stores to check a customer s credit account by swiping the card through an electronic… … Financial and business terms
Swipe — 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. [1913 Webster] Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster] 2. To pluck;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Swipe — Swipe, n. [Cf. {Sweep}, {Swiple}.] 1. A swape or sweep. See {Sweep}. [1913 Webster] 2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. [1913 Webster] Swipes [in cricket] over the blower s head, and over either of the long… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swipe — [n/v1] hit bash, blow, clip, clout, clump, cuff, knock, lash out, lick, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, swat, wallop, wipe; concept 189 swipe [v2] steal appropriate, cop, filch, heist, hook, lift, make off with, nab, nick, pilfer, pinch, purloin … New thesaurus
swipe — informal ► VERB 1) hit or try to hit with a swinging blow. 2) steal. 3) pass (a swipe card) through an electronic reader. ► NOUN 1) a sweeping blow. 2) an attack or criticism. ORIGIN perhaps a variant … English terms dictionary
swipe — [swīp] n. [prob. var. of SWEEP] 1. a lever or handle 2. Informal a) a hard, sweeping blow b) a sweeping motion [give the table a swipe with a rag] 3. Informal a groom for horses, esp. at a racetrack … English World dictionary
swipe — (n.) 1807, a driving stroke made with the arms in full swing, perhaps a dialectal variant of sweep, or in part from obsolete swip a stroke, blow (c.1200), from P.Gmc. *swip , related to O.E. swipu a stick, whip. Other possible sources or… … Etymology dictionary
swipe — vb *steal, pilfer, filch, purloin, lift, pinch, snitch, cop … New Dictionary of Synonyms
swipe — [[t]swa͟ɪp[/t]] swipes, swiping, swiped 1) VERB If you swipe at a person or thing, you try to hit them with a stick or other object, making a swinging movement with your arm. [V at n] She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly... [V n] He swiped… … English dictionary
swipe — I UK [swaɪp] / US verb Word forms swipe : present tense I/you/we/they swipe he/she/it swipes present participle swiping past tense swiped past participle swiped 1) [transitive] informal to steal something Hey, someone s swiped my wallet! 2)… … English dictionary
