Swipe

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sweeping blow or stroke.
  • n. Informal A critical remark.
  • n. A lever, especially one that raises the bucket in a well.
  • v. To hit with a sweeping motion.
  • v. To pass (a swipe card) through an electronic reader.
  • v. Informal To steal; filch. See Synonyms at steal.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a sweeping stroke.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To steal or snatch.
  • v. To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.
  • v. To grab or bat quickly.
  • n. A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; A sweep.
  • n. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
  • n. A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
  • n. Poor, weak beer; small beer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A swape or sweep. See sweep.
  • n. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
  • n. Poor, weak beer; small beer.
  • v. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.
  • v. To pluck; to snatch; to steal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To strike with a long or wide sweeping blow; deliver a hard blow or stroke with the full swing of the arms; strike or drive with great force.
  • To drink, or drink off, hastily.
  • n. Same as sweep, 10.
  • n. A hard blow; a stroke with the full swing of the arms, as in cricket or golf.
  • To snatch; steal by snatching; steal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sweeping stroke or blow
  • v. strike with a swiping motion
  • v. make off with belongings of others
  • Verb Form
    swiped    swipes    swiping   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stroke    shot    hit    steal   
    Variant
    sweep    swypes   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pluck    snatch    steal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gipe    gripe    hype    lipe    overripe    pipe    ripe    sipe    snipe    stipe   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shove    slash    slap    yank    jab    stab    kick    tug    flick    grab