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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
swipe

  1. tv.
    to drink liquor rapidly and to excess; to bolt a drink of liquor. : Fred sat at the bar and swiped two gins and ate an egg.
  2. n.
    moonshine; inferior liquor. : I can't stand the swipe they serve here.
  3. tv.
    to steal something. : Bart swiped a pack of cigarettes from the counter.
  4. n.
    a blow or an act of striking someone or something. (See also take a swipe at (so/sth) .) : The cat gave the mouse a swipe with its paw.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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