different between wipe vs wipeable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa?p/
• Rhymes: -a?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English wipen, from Old English w?pian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *w?p?n (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English sw?fan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit ????? (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.

Verb

wipe (third-person singular simple present wipes, present participle wiping, simple past and past participle wiped)

1. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     So they passed through the Palace Gates and were led into a big room with a green carpet and lovely green furniture set with emeralds. The soldier made them all wipe their feet upon a green mat before entering this room, and when they were seated he said politely […]

2. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
3. (obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.

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   • 1551, Ralph Robinson (sometimes spelt Raphe Robynson) (translator), Utopia (originally written by Sir Thomas More)

     If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods.

4. (transitive, computing) To erase.

5. (transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
6. (figuratively) To remove an expression from one's face.
   • 2008, Adele, First Love

     Please wipe that look out of your eyes, it's bribing me to doubt myself.

7. (transitive) To deperm (a ship).

Translations

Noun

wipe (plural wipes)

1. The act of wiping something.

   multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk

2. A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

   Hyponym: wet wipe

   • 2009, Mary Ann Zoellner, ?Alicia Ybarbo, Today's Moms: Essentials for Surviving Baby's First Year (page 58)

     When on a plane or train, don't take anything into the bathroom except baby, a changing pad, a diaper, a travel packet of wipes, and a bottle of hand sanitizer. Always use a wipe on the area before you put your baby down.

3. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A handkerchief.
   • 1883, London Society (volume 43, page 101)

     "Now, my kiveys, shy up your castors, tie your bird's-eye wipes to the stakes, and go to work."

4. A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
5. (obsolete) A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 273:

     I could not help giving Metcalfe a wipe for his lamentations, observing I should have thought he had enough to attend to at home.

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Swedish vipa, Danish vibe (“lapwing”).

Noun

wipe (plural wipes)

1. A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

Etymology 3

From wipe out by shortening.

Verb

wipe (third-person singular simple present wipes, present participle wiping, simple past and past participle wiped)

1. (intransitive, role-playing games, video games) To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.

   If you try to fight that boss underprepared, you're definitely gonna wipe.

Noun

wipe (plural wipes)

1. (role-playing games, video games) An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.

   Synonym: TPK

Middle English

Verb

wipe

1. Alternative form of wipen

English

Alternative forms

• wipable

Etymology

wipe +? -able

Adjective

wipeable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being wiped.