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Swipe

swʌɪp

Swipe definitions

verb

Inflections:

swipe swiped swipes swiping

hit or try to hit with a swinging blow

"she swiped me right across the nose"

Synonyms:
strike swing hit slap cuff lash out
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"
steal

"someone swiped one of his sausages"

Synonyms:
steal thieve take pilfer purloin snatch help oneself to appropriate abstract shoplift

noun

Inflections:

swipe swipes

a sweeping blow

"he missed the ball with his first swipe"

Synonyms:
strike stroke swing hit slap brush cuff clip
- an attack or criticism
  
  "he took a swipe at his critics"
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"