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   swipe

   /swʌɪp/

   verb

   • 1. hit or try to hit with a swinging blow: "she swiped me right across the nose" Similar strikeswinghitslapcufflash outinformal:beltwallopsockbiffclout
   • 2. pass (a swipe card) through an electronic device designed to read and process the information encoded on it.
   • ▪ move (one's finger) across a touchscreen in order to activate a function: "simply swipe a finger across the phone's display screen to switch to another program"
   • 3. steal: informal "someone swiped one of his sausages" Similar stealthievetakepilferpurloinsnatchhelp oneself toappropriateabstractshopliftinformal:filchliftsnafflerobnabnickpinchwhiphalf-inchblagglom

   noun

   • 1. a sweeping blow: "he missed the ball with his first swipe"
   • ▪ an attack or criticism: "he took a swipe at his critics"
   • 2. an act or instance of moving one's finger across a touchscreen to activate a function: "a swipe to the right archives or deletes the message"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: perhaps a variant of sweep.

   Derivatives

   • 1. swipeable adjective
   • 2. swiper noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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