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Webster 1913 Edition
Swipe
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.
Poor, weak beer; small beer.
[Slang, Eng.]
[Written also
swypes
.] Craig.
Swipe
,Verb.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Swipe
SWIPE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
swipe
swipe
English
Verb
swipe (third-person singular simple present swipes, present participle swiping, simple past and past participle swiped)
- (transitive) To steal or snatch.
- Hey! Who swiped my lunch?
- 1968, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 00:48:18:
- "Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime."
- (transitive) To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.
- He swiped his card at the door.
- (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
- The cat swiped at the shoelace.
- (intransitive) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- Swipe left to hide the toolbar.
Translations
to snatch
to slide through a reader
to grab quickly
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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, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- Take a swipe at the answer, even if you're not sure.
- (uncountable) Poor, weak beer; small beer.