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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf.

A swape or sweep. See

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.

pl.

Poor, weak beer; small beer.

[Slang, Eng.]

[Written also

swypes

Craig.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Swiped

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Swiping

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.

To pluck; to snatch; to steal.

[Slang, U.S.]

Noun.

A swape or sweep, which see.