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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWIPE, n. A swape or sweep, which see.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sweeping stroke or blow v
1: strike with a swiping motion
2: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of sweep Date: 1739 1. a strong sweeping blow <a swipe of a paw> 2. a sharp often critical remark <took a parting swipe at management> II. verb (swiped; swiping) Date: circa 1825 intransitive verb to strike or move with a sweeping motion transitive verb 1. to strike or wipe with a sweeping motion 2. steal, pilfer 3. to slide (a card with a magnetic strip or bar code) through a slot in a reading device so that information stored on the strip can be processed (as in making a purchase)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. colloq. --v. 1 tr. & (often foll. by at) intr. hit hard and recklessly. 2 tr. steal. --n. a reckless hard hit or attempted hit. Derivatives: swiper n. Etymology: perh. var. of SWEEP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sweep Sweep, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written swape, sweep, swepe, and swipe.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. Sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass. Sweep of the tiller (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Swipe Swipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swiping.] 1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball. Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. --R. A. Proctor. 2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Swipe Swipe, n. [Cf. Sweep, Swiple.] 1. A swape or sweep. See Sweep. 2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. --R. A. Proctor. 3. pl. Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, Eng.] [Written also swypes.] --Craig.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(swipes, swiping, swiped) 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. She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly... He swiped me across the shoulder with the poker. VERB: V at n, V n • Swipe is also a noun. He took a swipe at Andrew that deposited him on the floor. N-COUNT 2. If you swipe something, you steal it quickly. (INFORMAL) Five soldiers were each fined £140 for swiping a wheelchair from a disabled tourist... = pinch VERB: V n 3. If you take a swipe at a person or an organization, you criticize them, usually in an indirect way. In a swipe at the president, he called for an end to 'begging for aid around the world'. N-COUNT 4. If you swipe a credit card or swipe card through a machine, you pass it through a narrow space in the machine so that the machine can read information on the card's magnetic strip. Swipe your card through the phone, then dial. VERB: V n through n, also V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Sweep, swape, well-sweep.

Moby Thesaurus

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