swipe

Plural: swipes

Noun

• a sweeping stroke or blow
• A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
• A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
• An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
• An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
• A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
• An attack, insult or critical remark.
• Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.

Verb

Verb Forms: swiped, swiping, swipes

• To strike with a sweeping blow; to steal.
• strike with a swiping motion
• make off with belongings of others
• To grab or bat quickly.
• To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
• To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
• To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
• To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
• To steal or snatch.
• To drink.

Examples

• He swiped his card at the door.
• Hey! Who swiped my lunch?
• She managed to swipe a triple-word score right under her opponent’s nose in Scrabble.
• Swipe left to hide the toolbar.
• Take a swipe at the answer, even if you're not sure.
• The cat swiped at the shoelace.
• The politician took a swipe at his opponents.

Synonyms

abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, abduct, appropriate, bag, bandit, bash and grab, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, commandeer, confiscate, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, fleece, flog, gaffle, gilravage, half-inch, heave, heist, jack, kidnap, kipe, knock off, kyper, liberate, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, mooch, moonlight requisition, nick, nip, own, peculate, pickpocket, pillage, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, raid, ransack, rape, reave, relieve, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, sniggle, snitch, steal, swindle, swipe, swipes, thieve, walk off with

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