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swipe

  [swahyp] ,noun, verb, swiped, swip⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
2. Informal. a swing of the arm in order to strike somebody; punch.
3. a sideswipe.
4. Informal. a critical or cutting remark.
5. a leverlike device for raising or lowering a weight, esp. a bucket in a well; sweep.
6. Horse Racing. a person who rubs down horses in a stable; groom.
–verb (used with object)
7. to strike with a sweeping blow.
8. Informal. to steal: He'll swipe anything that isn't nailed down.
9. to slide (a magnetic card) quickly through an electronic device that reads data.
–verb (used without object)
10. to make a sweeping stroke.
Origin:
1730–40; akin to sweep 1 ; c. G schweifen
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swipe   (swīp)   
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.

[Perhaps variant of sweep.]
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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.

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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : swipe
Spanish: golpear con fuerza, asestar un golpe fuerte,
German: hart schlagen,
Japanese: 強打する
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swipe  (n.)
1807, "a driving stroke made with the arms in full swing," perhaps a dialectal variant of sweep, or in part from obsolete swip "a stroke, blow" (c.1205), from P.Gmc. *swip-, related to O.E. swipu "a stick, whip." Other possible sources or influences are M.E. swope "to sweep with broad movements" (in ref. to brooms, swords, etc.), from O.E. swapan; obsolete swaip "stroke, blow;" or obsolete swape "oar, pole." The verb is from 1825. The slang sense of "steal, pilfer" appeared 1889, Amer.Eng., said originally to be theatrical jargon for performers stealing jokes or stage routines from one another. Meaning "run a credit card" is 1990s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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