swipe

swipe  (swp)

n.

1. A sweeping blow or stroke.

2. Informal A critical remark.

3. A lever, especially one that raises the bucket in a well.

v. swiped, swip·ing, swipes

v.tr.

1. To hit with a sweeping motion.

2. To pass (a swipe card) through an electronic reader.

3. Informal To steal; filch. See Synonyms at steal.

v.intr.

To make a sweeping stroke.

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[Perhaps variant of sweep.]

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swipe

Verb

[swiping, swiped]

1. Informal to try to hit (someone or something) with a sweeping blow: he swiped at a boy who ran forward

2. Slang to steal (something)

3. to pass (a credit or debit card) through a machine which electronically interprets the information stored in the card

Noun

Informal a hard blow [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swipe - a sweeping stroke or blow stroke, shot - (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
Verb	1.	swipe - strike with a swiping motion hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" sideswipe - strike from the side
	2.	swipe - make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, pinch, sneak, hook, lift steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

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swipe

verb 1. (Informal) hit out, strike, slap, lash out at

verb 2. (Slang) steal, nick (slang), chiefly Brit. pinch (informal) lift (informal) appropriate, cabbage Brit. (slang) make off with, pilfer, purloin, filch, snaffle Brit. (informal)

noun 3. (Informal) blow, slap, smack, clip (informal) thump, clout (informal) cuff, clump (slang) wallop (informal)

Translations

swipe [swaɪp] n → golpe m fuerte

vt (= hit) → golpear fuerte;

(col) (= steal); guindar [+ credit card etc]; pasar

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swipe [swaɪp] n → grand coup; gifle f

vt (= hit) → frapper à toute volée; gifler;

(inf) (= steal); piquer [+ credit card etc]; faire passer (dans la machine)

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swipe [swaɪp] vt (also: swipe at) → schlagen nach;

(inf) (steal) → klauen

n → Schlag m

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swipe [swaɪp] n → forte colpo; schiaffo

vt (= hit) → colpire con forza; dare uno schiaffo a;

(col) (= steal); sgraffignare [+ credit card etc]; far passare (nell'apposita macchinetta)