swipe
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /swaɪp/
swipe (swipes, present participle swiping; past and past participle swiped)
- (transitive, colloquial) To steal or snatch.
- Hey! Who swiped my lunch?
- 1968, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 00:48:18:
- "Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime."
- (transitive) To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.
- He swiped his card at the door.
- (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
- The cat swiped at the shoelace.
- (intransitive, computing) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- Swipe left to hide the toolbar.
- (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- French: voler, (colloquial) piquer, (colloquial) faucher, (colloquial) chourrer, (formal) dérober
- German: klauen, stibitzen
- Italian: fregare
- Portuguese: surripiar, surrupiar
- Russian: стяну́ть
- Spanish: afanar, chorizar
- French: glisser
- German: einlesen, durchziehen
- Italian: passare
- Russian: проводи́ть
- Spanish: deslizar, pasar
swipe
- (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; A sweep.
- (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
- (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- Take a swipe at the answer, even if you're not sure.
- (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- Synonyms: swipes
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