Definitions for wipe
waɪpwipe

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. rub, wipeverb

   the act of rubbing or wiping

   "he gave the hood a quick rub"

2. wipe, pass oververb

   rub with a circular motion

   "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wipenoun

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

2. wipeverb

   To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (cf. rub)

3. wipeverb

   To erase.

   I accidentally wiped my hard drive.

4. Etymology: From wipen, from wipian, from wīpōnan, from (s)weib-. Cognate with wippen, veva,
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   033D, swifan. More at swivel, swift.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wipenoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. An act of cleansing.2. A blow; a stroke; a jeer; a gybe; a sarcasm.

   To statesmen would you give a wipe,
   You print it in Italick type:
   When letters are in vulgar shapes,
   ’Tis ten to one the wit escapes;
   But when in capitals exprest,
   The dullest reader smoaks the jest. Jonathan Swift.

   3.A bird. Robert Ainsworth

2. To WIPEverb

   Etymology: wipan , Saxon.

   1. To cleanse by rubbing with something soft.

   Such a handkerchief,
   I’m sure it was your wife’s, did I to-day
   See Cassio wipe his beard with. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   She a gentle tear let fall
   From either eye, and wip’d them with her hair. John Milton.

   Then with her vest the wound she wipes and dries. John Denham.

   2. To take away by tersion.

   Calumniate stoutly; for though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage behind. Decay of Piety.

   3. To strike off gently.

   Let me wipe off this honourable dew,
   That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks. William Shakespeare.

   Some natural tears they dropp’d, but wip’d them soon. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   A young man, having suffered many tortures, escaped with life, and told his fellow Christians, that the pain of them had been rendered tolerable by the presence of an angel, who stood by him and wiped off the tears and sweat. Addison.

   4. To clear away.

   Macduff, this noble passion,
   Child of integrity, hath from my soul
   Wip’d the black scruples; reconcil’d my thoughts
   To thy good truth and honour. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   5. To cheat; to defraud.

   The next bordering lords commonly incroach one upon another, as one is stronger, or lie still in wait to wipe them out of their lands. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   6. ToWipe out. To efface.

   This blot, that they object against your house,
   Shall be wip’d out in the next parliament. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   As thou lov’st me, Camillo, wipe not out the rest of thy services by leaving me now. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   Take one in whom decrepid old age has blotted out the memory of his past knowledge, and clearly wiped out the ideas his mind was formerly stored with, and stopped up all the passages for new ones to enter; or if there be some of the inlets yet left open, the impressions made are scarce perceived. John Locke.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wipe

   Wipe generally refers to the action of cleaning or removing something from a surface using a light rubbing or brushing motion, typically with a cloth, napkin, tissue, or one's hand. It can also mean to eradicate, erase, or eliminate something completely, often in terms of data or memory from a device.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wipenoun

   the lapwing

2. Wipeverb

   to rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel

3. Wipeverb

   to remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively

4. Wipeverb

   to cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out

5. Wipenoun

   act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean

6. Wipenoun

   a blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe

7. Wipenoun

   a gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm

8. Wipenoun

   a handkerchief

9. Wipenoun

   stain; brand

10. Etymology: [OE. vipen, AS. wpian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one's self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.]

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1. Wipe

   A wipe is a type of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape. If the wipe proceeds from two opposite edges of the screen toward the center or vice versa, it is known as a barn door wipe. George Lucas is famous for the sweeping use of wipes in his Star Wars films, which help evoke a kinship to old pulp science fiction novels and serials; he was inspired by a similar use of wipes by Akira Kurosawa. The very earliest examples of a wipe are seen as long ago as 1903 in films like Mary Jane's Mishap by George Albert Smith. Wipes can also be used as syntactic tools. Some examples are: ⁕An iris wipe is a wipe that takes the shape of a growing or shrinking circle. It has been frequently used in animated short subjects, such as those in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series, to signify the end of a story. When used in this manner, the iris wipe may be centered around a certain focal point and may be used as a device for a "parting shot" joke, a fourth wall-breaching wink by a character, or other purposes.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wipe

   wīp, v.t. to clean by rubbing (with away, off, out): cleanse, clear away: to apply solder to with a piece of cloth or leather: (coll.) to beat.—n. act of cleaning by rubbing: a blow: a scar: (slang) handkerchief.—ns. Wī′per; Wī′ping, the act of wiping: a thrashing. [A.S. wípian; cf. Low Ger. wiep, a wisp.]

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1. WIPE

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1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wipe' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3597

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wipe' in Verbs Frequency: #638

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wipe in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of wipe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of wipe in a Sentence

1. Bill Gross:

   A 30-year Treasury at 2.5 percent can wipe out your annual income in one day with a 10 basis point increase, the secret in a negative interest rate world that poses extraordinary duration risk for AAA sovereign bonds is to No 1, keep bond maturities short and No 2 borrow at those attractive yields in a mildly levered form that provides a yield and expected return of 5-6 percent.

2. Bill Gates:

   None of these (gene technology) constructs will actually wipe out the species, it will evolve back. After all, evolutionary pressures always push back.

3. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif:

   RAW has been formed to undo Pakistan and to wipe Pakistan off the map of the world.

4. Roy Hodgson:

   You can't wipe the slate clean. We'll live with the fact it's been 50 years since we won a tournament but all we can do is hope the players approach this one with a relaxed attitude, my fear as a coach would be that the players take anxiety on to the field, that they're weighed down when they go out and don't play as well as they like, imagining the headlines.

5. Zabihullah Mujahid:

   Trump's policy that Donald Trump does not want to play the role of a police officer in Afghanistan and that this war against an entire nation can not be won so long as they are alive is something positive, however, Donald Trump claim that Donald Trump can wipe out Afghanistan, kill 10 million Afghans and win this war through such a method is irresponsible and we condemn it in the strongest terms.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wipe
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wipe
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wipe
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wipe
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wipe
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=wipe