swipe
Meaning
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- To grab or bat quickly.
- To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- (informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
- (informal) To steal or snatch.
- (obsolete,slang) To drink.
Synonyms
swipe sampling
help oneself to
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/swaɪp/
Etymology
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.
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