1 ~ (at) sb/sth to hit or try to hit sb/sth with your hand or an object by swinging your arm:
[V] He swiped at the ball and missed. [also VN]
2 [VN] (informal) to steal sth
SYNPINCH:
They're always swiping other kids' sweets.
3 [VN] to pass a plastic card, such as a CREDITCARD, through a special machine that is able to read the information that is stored on it:
The cash register only opens once the card has been swiped.
noun ~ (at sb/sth) (informal)
1 an act of hitting or trying to hit sb/sth by swinging your arm or sth that you are holding:
She took a swipe at him with her umbrella.
2 an act of criticizing sb/sth:
He used the interview to take a swipe at his critics.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for swipe is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is swipe a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, swipe is tagged as verb.
Does swipe appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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