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- Dictionaryswipe/swʌɪp/
verb
- 1. hit or try to hit with a swinging blow: "she swiped me right across the nose" Similar
- 2. pass (a swipe card) through an electronic device designed to read and process the information encoded on it.
noun
- 1. a sweeping blow: "he missed the ball with his first swipe"
- 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"
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SWIPE definition: 1. to hit or try to hit something, especially with a sideways movement: 2. to steal: 3. to move a…. Learn more.
The meaning of SWIPE is a strong sweeping blow. How to use swipe in a sentence. a strong sweeping blow; a sliding gesture (as across the touch screen of a mobile device); a sharp often critical remark…
SWIPE meaning: 1. to hit or try to hit something, especially with a sideways movement: 2. to steal: 3. to move a…. Learn more.
If you swipe at a person or thing, you try to hit them with a stick or other object, making a swinging movement with your arm. She swiped at him as though he was a fly. American English : swipe / ˈswaɪp /
Swipe definition: a swing of the arm, paw, etc., in order to strike someone or something. See examples of SWIPE used in a sentence.
When you swipe something, you move it in a sweeping motion, like the way you swipe your credit card through a reader. Swipe can also mean "to steal," like when your little sisters swipe the cookies you baked before they cool.
Definition of swipe verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SWIPE meaning: 1. to move your arm in order to try to hit someone or something 2. to steal something 3. an attempt…. Learn more.
swipe (at somebody/something) an act of criticizing somebody/something. He used the interview to take a swipe at his critics. Definition of swipe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Swipe Definition. A lever or handle. A hard, sweeping blow. A critical remark. A sweeping motion, as in wiping. Give the table a swipe with a rag. A lever, especially one that raises the bucket in a well. To hit with a hard, sweeping blow. To wipe (a rag, cloth, etc.) over (a surface) with a sweeping motion.
