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swipe
English
Etymology
From earlier swip (with a short vowel), from Middle English swippen, swipen (“to move violently”), from Old English swipian, sweopian, swippan (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), from Proto-Germanic *swip?n?, *swipjan? (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep”). Cognate with German schwippen (“to whip”), Danish svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), Icelandic svipa (“to whip; move swiftly”). Related to sweep, swoop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swa?p/
- Rhymes: -a?p
Verb
swipe (third-person singular simple present swipes, present participle swiping, simple past and past participle swiped)
- (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
- The cat swiped at the shoelace.
- (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- He swiped his card at the door.
- (intransitive, computing) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- Swipe left to hide the toolbar.
- (transitive, computing) To draw (one's finger) rapidly across a touch screen.
- (transitive, informal) 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."
Coordinate terms
- (to interact with a touch screen): scroll
Translations
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, computing) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
- (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
- (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
- (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- Synonym: swipes
Anagrams
- pwise, wipes
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swipeable
English
Etymology
swipe +? -able
Adjective
swipeable (comparative more swipeable, superlative most swipeable)
- Capable of being swiped.
- The new public transport card is swipeable at local train and bus stations.
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