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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…
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.
swipe noun [C] (HIT) a sideways movement of the arm in an attempt to hit something: No one took a swipe at the ball or tried to knock it away from me. fig. Thomas took a swipe at his competitors (= criticized them).
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 /
noun. 1. blow, slap, smack, clip (informal), thump, clout (informal), cuff, clump (slang), wallop (informal) He gave Andrew a swipe on the ear. 2. criticism, knocking (informal), verbal attack, character assassination, critical remark a swipe at the president.
Swipe definition: a swing of the arm, paw, etc., in order to strike someone or something. See examples of SWIPE used in a sentence.
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 meaning: 1. to move your arm in order to try to hit someone or something 2. to steal something 3. an attempt…. Learn more.
1. 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. [...] 2. If you swipe something, you steal it quickly. [informal] [...] 3. If you take a swipe at a person or an organization, you criticize them, usually in an indirect way. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'swipe'
