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WORDNET DICTIONARY
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
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swipe

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun swipe has 1 sense

Verb swipe has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

swipen. [Cf. Sweep, Swiple.].
  •  A swape or sweep. See Sweep.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.  [1913 Webster]
    "Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Poor, weak beer; small beer.  Craig.  [1913 Webster]
swipev. t. 
  •  To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.  [1913 Webster]
    "Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To pluck; to snatch; to steal.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swipe, v. & n. colloq.
--v.
1 tr. & (often foll. by at) intr. hit hard and recklessly.
2 tr. steal.
--n. a reckless hard hit or attempted hit.

Derivative
swiper n.
Etymology
perh. var. of SWEEP

THESAURUS

swipe

Parthian shot, abstract, adverse criticism, and, animadversion, annex, appropriate, aspersion, back answer, bad notices, bad press, bag, bang, barrack, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, blow, bonk, boost, borrow, captiousness, carping, caustic remark, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chaff, chop, clap, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, comeback, conk, cop, crack, crib, criticism, cut, cut at, cutting remark, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, defraud, dig, dig at, dint, drub, drubbing, drumming, dump, dump on, embezzle, exception, extort, faultfinding, fetch, fetch a blow, filch, flak, fleer, flout, foolery, fusillade, gibe, gibing retort, hairsplitting, heist, hit, hit a clip, hit at, home thrust, hook, hostile criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, imputation, jab, jab at, jape, jeer, jest, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, lash out at, leg-pull, let have it, lick, lift, make off with, mock, nab, nagging, nail, nick, niggle, niggling, nip, nit, nit-picking, obloquy, overcriticalness, palm, parting shot, paste, pelt, pestering, pettifogging, pilfer, pinch, plunk, poach, poke, pooh, pooh-pooh, pound, priggishness, punch, purloin, put down, put-down, put-on, quibble, quibbling, quip, rail at, rally, rank out, rap, reflection, reproachfulness, revile, rude reproach, run away with, rustle, scoff, scout, scrounge, scurrility, shoplift, short answer, slam, slap, slap at, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, snaffle, snap, snare, snatch, sneer, sneer at, snitch, soak, sock, steal, stricture, strike, strike at, stroke, swat, swindle, swing, swing at, take, taking exception, tattoo, taunt, thieve, thump, thwack, trichoschistism, twit, verbal thrust, walk off with, wallop, whack, wham, whip, whop, wipe, yerk
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