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    swipe
    /swīp/

    verb

    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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  2. 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…

  3. SWIPE definition: 1. to hit or try to hit something, especially with a sideways movement: 2. to steal: 3. to move a…. Learn more.

  4. 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.

  5. SWIPE meaning: 1. to hit or try to hit something, especially with a sideways movement: 2. to steal: 3. to move a…. Learn more.

  6. Swipe definition: a swing of the arm, paw, etc., in order to strike someone or something. See examples of SWIPE used in a sentence.

  7. 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.

  8. 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 /

  9. swipe meaning, definition, what is swipe: to hit or to try to hit someone or somet...: Learn more.

  10. 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.

  11. to move a finger or fingers, or a stylus, across an area on (a touchscreen) in order to execute a command: Put your finger on the arrow and swipe the screen to the right to unlock your phone.