English Explanatory Dictionary

swipe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To grab or bat quickly.
  2. To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
  3. To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
  4. To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
  5. To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
  6. To steal or snatch.
  7. To drink.
noun
  1. A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
  2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
  3. An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
  4. An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
  5. A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
  6. An attack, insult or critical remark.
  7. Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.

Pronunciation

/swaɪp/ en-us-swipe.ogg

Word forms

swipe swipes swiping swiped

Etymology

From earlier swip (with a short vowel), from Middle English swippen, swype (“to move violently”), from Old English sweopian, swipian, swippan (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan, *swipōn, *swipēn, from Proto-Germanic *swipōną, *swipjaną, *swipāną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, sway, swing, sweep, swerve, turn”). Cognate with German schwippen (“sway back and forth”), Danish svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), Icelandic svipa (“riding crop, whip”). Related to sweep, swoop.

Synonyms

pinch steal abduct abstract appropriate bag bandit bash and grab bone boost burgle burglarize borrow cheat chore commandeer confiscate convert cop cozen crib embezzle filch fleece flog gaffle gilravage half-inch heave heist jack kidnap knock off kipe kyper liberate lift loot make off with mill misappropriate mooch moonlight requisition nick nip own peculate pickpocket pilfer pillage pirate plunder poach pocket prig purloin raid ransack rape relieve

Derived words

sideswipe swipeable swipe left swipe right swipe-tab swipey swipper unswiped swipe card swipe file
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