swipe

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  1. noun A sweeping blow or stroke.
  2. noun Informal A critical remark.
  3. noun A lever, especially one that raises the bucket in a well.
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  • He took another wild swipe, and this time she sliced at his wrist. —  Fox Evil
  • Patent and Trademark Office for a swipe-gesture system to be used on touch-screen keyboards. —  CNET Australia
  • The side-swipe, head-on attack and a deadly sting when the enemy is caught off-guard are the staple moves. —  TODAYonline
  • Reach into your wallet or purse, pulling out a card, swipe, and you're done. —  All about credit cards
  • Choose from 200+ slide transition effects such as cross fade, swipe, wheel, brush-swipe, and many more. —  Softpedia - Windows - All
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

shove ·  slash ·  slap ·  yank ·  jab ·  stab ·  kick ·  tug ·  flick ·  grab ·  nip ·  heave

Used in the same contextWord Family

swipe:   swiped ·  swiping ·  swipes
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Perhaps variant of sweep.

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  1. In earlier use with a short vowel, as if modern *swip; from Middle English swippen (preterit swipte), from Anglo-Saxon swipian, move quickly, = Icelandic svipa, move quickly, swoop, also whip; akin to sweep, swoop, swift.
  2. from Middle English swipe = Icelandic svipr, a swoop, a glimpse, look: see swipe, v.
 

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