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swipes

   [swahyps]
noun (used with a plural verb) British Informal.
1.
poor, watery, or spoiled beer.
2.
malt liquor in general, especially beer and small beer.
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Origin:
1780–90; noun plural use of swipe to drink down at one gulp, variant of sweep1

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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swipe

   [swahyp] ,noun, verb, swiped, swip·ing.
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, especially a bucket in a well; sweep.
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6.
Horse Racing. a person who rubs down horses in a stable; groom.
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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 sweep1; cognate with German schweifen
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swipes (swaɪps)
 
—pl n
slang (Brit) beer, esp when poor or weak
 
[C18: probably related to sweep]

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Word Origin & History

swipe
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.1200), 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
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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.
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swipe definition


  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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