swipe

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
2. (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
3. (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
5. (informal, transitive) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
6. (informal, transitive) To steal or snatch.
7. (obsolete, slang) To drink.

Noun

1. (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
2. (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
3. (countable) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
4. (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
5. (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
6. (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
7. (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.

Concepts

piquer

piger

voler

chou

dépouiller

dérober

enculer

estampiller

faucher

flanquer

frapper

glisser

toucher

baffe

chiper

rafler

prélèvement de surface

prélèvement surfacique

adjuger

calotter

battre

blessure

Synonymes

pinch

pilfer

filch

steal

hit

purloin

smack

nick

lift

blow

slap

nobble

slog

snarf

snitch

strike

abstract

bang

cabbage

cop

👮

hook

🪝

punch

👊

snaffle

sneak

sock

swat

swig

swing

whack

crib

clobber

plunk

pommel

pucker

pummel

whomp

chop

rifle

rip

rob

scrounge

shirr

shoplift

bop

boom

💥

bonk

smash

smite

whop

biff

Traductions

klauen

birlar

stibitzen

rubare

afanar

choricear

robar

stelen

slaan

surrupiar

jatten

grattare

mausen

slag

fregare

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/swaɪp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: swippen

Hérité de ancien anglais: swipian

Appartenant à allemand: schwippen

Appartenant à danois: svippe

Appartenant à islandais: svipa

In summary

From earlier swip (with a short vowel), from Middle English swippen, swipen (“to move violently”), from Old English swipian, sweopian, swippan (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan, *swipōn, *swipēn, from Proto-Germanic *swipōną, *swipjaną, *swipāną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep”). Cognate with German schwippen (“to whip”), Danish svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), Icelandic svipa (“to whip; move swiftly”). Related to sweep, swoop.