swipe

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.]

verb

To take (another's property) without permission: filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve. Informal lift. Slang cop, heist, hook, nip¹, pinch, rip off, snitch. Idioms: makewalkoff with. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a sweeping stroke or blow

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The verb swipe has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: strike with a swiping motion
  Also see: sideswipe (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: make off with belongings of others
  Synonyms: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - hugge, slå kraftigt
v. intr. - slå ud, lange ud
n. - slag, udfald, hib

idioms:

• swipe at    lange ud efter

Nederlands (Dutch)
jatten, slaan, lel

Français (French)
v. tr. - piquer, voler
v. intr. - essayer de frapper, attaquer
n. - tentative de frapper (qn, une balle), attaque/critique (d'un gouvernement)

idioms:

• swipe at    essayer de frapper, calotter

Deutsch (German)
v. - schlagen, klauen
n. - Schlag

idioms:

• swipe at    nach etwas schlagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χτυπώ με φόρα, κοπανάω, κλέβω
n. - ισχυρό χτύπημα, αστοχία

idioms:

• swipe at    κοπανώ

Italiano (Italian)
battere, sgraffignare, botta

idioms:

• swipe at    dare un pugno

Português (Portuguese)
v. - passar, roubar
n. - passagem (f), golpe (m)

idioms:

• swipe at    fazer tacada em

Русский (Russian)
сильный удар, тот, кто наносит сильный удар, ворот, коромысло, рычаг, журавль (колодца), конюх, ударять с силой, красть, много и жадно пить

idioms:

• swipe at    ударять с силой (по чему-л.)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - dar o golpear fuerte, hurtar, robar
v. intr. - beber
n. - tortazo, mamporro, golpe fuerte, trago grande, cigoñal (de pozo)

idioms:

• swipe at    asestar un golpe

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - slå till, drämma
n. - hårt slag, slurk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
强打, 偷, 用力挥击, 挥击, 大口喝酒, 猛打

idioms:

• swipe at    重击, 狠狠打

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 強打, 偷, 用力揮擊
v. intr. - 揮擊, 大口喝酒, 猛打
n. - 強打, 用力揮擊

idioms:

• swipe at    重擊, 狠狠打

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 강타하다, 훔치다, 들치기하다
v. intr. - 힘껏 치다, (술 등을) 단숨에 들이키다
n. - (골프의)채, 강타, 비난

idioms:

• swipe at    ~을 때리려고 하다, ~에게 ~을 가하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 強打, 猛打, 馬丁
v. - 力いっぱい打つ, かっぱらう, くすねる, 強打する, がぶりと飲む

idioms:

• swipe at    強打する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضرب بعنف , يسرق (الاسم) ضربه عنيفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גנב, חטף, היכה, העביר (כרטיס מגנטי)‬
v. intr. - ‮חבט, גנב, חטף‬
n. - ‮מכה, חבטה, מהלומה‬

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