[wahyp] 
verb, wiped, wip⋅ing, noun | 1. | to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth. |
| 2. | to rub or draw (something) over a surface, as in cleaning or drying. |
| 3. | to remove by rubbing with or on something (usually fol. by away, off, out, etc.): Wipe the dirt off your shoes. Wipe the dust from the pictures. |
| 4. | to remove as if by rubbing (usually fol. by away, off, etc.): Wipe that smile off your face! |
| 5. | to erase, as from existence or memory (often fol. by from): to wipe a thought from one's mind. |
| 6. | to erase (magnetic tape, a recording, etc.). |
| 7. | Plumbing.
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| 8. | Machinery. (of a rotating shaft or the like) to melt the brasses of (a bearing) through friction. |
| 9. | Australian Slang. to refuse to have anything to do with; reject; dismiss. |
| 10. | an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture. |
| 11. | a rub, as of one thing over another. |
| 12. | Also called wipe-off. Movies. a technique in film editing by which the projected image of a scene appears to be pushed or wiped off the screen by the image that follows. |
| 13. | a piece of absorbent material, as of paper or cloth, used for wiping. |
| 14. | a sweeping stroke or blow. |
| 15. | a gibe. |
| 16. | Machinery. wiper (def. 5). |
| 17. | Slang. a handkerchief. |
| 18. | wipe out,
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| 19. | wipe up, to clean completely by wiping: to wipe up the mess on the floor. |
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