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1. (n.) swipe
a strong, sweeping blow, as with a golf club.
2. swipe
a sideswipe.
3. swipe
Informal. a critical or cutting remark.
4. swipe
a person who rubs down horses in a stable; groom.
5. (v.t.) swipe
to strike with a sweeping blow.
6. swipe
to slide (a magnetic card) quickly through an electronic device that reads data.
7. swipe
Informal. to steal.
8. (v.i.) swipe
to make a sweeping blow or stroke.
Etymology: (1730–40; akin to sweep1)
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| Definition of 'swipe' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) swipe
a sweeping stroke or blow
2. (verb) swipe
strike with a swiping motion
3. (verb) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
make off with belongings of others
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1. (verb) swipe
to swing your arm to grab or touch sth
The cat swiped at the dog's nose.
2. swipe
to move a plastic card through a machine to transfer information
Swipe your card and then sign.
3. swipe
to steal sth
Someone swiped my wallet!
4. (noun) swipe
an act of swiping with your arm
He took a swipe at the ball and missed.
5. swipe
take a swipe at sb
to criticize sb
The new leader took a swipe at U.S. policies.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) swipe
a swape or sweep. See Sweep
2. (noun) swipe
a strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club
3. (noun) swipe
poor, weak beer; small beer
4. (verb) swipe
to give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball
5. (verb) swipe
to pluck; to snatch; to steal
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Sense: to hit hard
She swiped the tennis ball over the net; He swiped at the wasp but didn't hit it.
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 Afrikaans: waai, veeg |
 Arabic: يَضْرُب بِسُرْعَه |
 Bulgarian: удрям |
 Brazilian: dar uma pancada |
 Czech: odpálit, udeřit |
 German: hart schlagen |
 Danish: slå |
 Greek: χτυπώ με δύναμη |
 Spanish: golpear con fuerza, asest |
 Estonian: tugevasti lööma |
 Farsi: محكم زدن |
 Finnish: huitaista |
 French: frapperà toute volée |
 Hebrew: לַחבוֹט בכּוֹחַ |
 Hindi: अंधाधुन मारना, चुराना, झप |
 Croatian: svom snagom udariti |
 Hungarian: lecsap |
 Indonesian: memukul |
 Icelandic: veitaþungt högg |
 Italian: colpire (forte) |
 Japanese: 強打する |
 Korean: 강타하다 |
 Lithuanian: smogti, trenkti, užvožti |
 Latvian: spēcīgi sist; bliezt |
 Malay: memukul dengan kuat |
 Dutch: meppen |
 Norwegian: slå hardt, knalle |
 Polish: walnąć, machnąć |
 Persian: محكم زدن |
 Pashto: کلک وهل |
 Portuguese: dar uma pancada |
 Romanian: a da o lovitură puternică |
 Russian: ударить с силой |
 Slovak: odpáliť, udrieť |
 Slovenian: močno udariti |
 Serbian: mlatnuti |
 Swedish: drämma till, slå efter |
 Thai: ตีอย่างแรง |
 Turkish: kuvvetle vurmak, indirmek |
 Taiwanese: 猛擊 |
 Ukrainian: бити з силою |
 Urdu: زور سے مارنا |
 Vietnamese: đánh mạnh và liều |
 Chinese: 猛击 |
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