swipes

US: (swīps)

From the verb swipe: (⇒ conjugate)

swipes is: ⓘ

v 3rd person singular

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

swipes (swīps),  n. (used with a pl. v.) [Brit. Informal.]

1. British Terms poor, watery, or spoiled beer.
2. British Terms malt liquor in general, esp. beer and small beer.

• noun, nominal plural use of swipe to drink down at one gulp, variant of sweep¹ 1780–90

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swipe /swaɪp/   n., v., swiped, swip•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. a strong, sweeping blow, as with a golf club:
   He took a swipe at the ball and missed.
2. a sideswipe.
3. Informal Terms a critical, unkind, or cutting remark:
   During the debate the candidates took several swipes at each other.

v. 

4. to strike with a sweeping blow:
   [~ + at + object] She swiped at the fly and missed.
5. Informal Terms to steal:
   [~ + object] He swiped the candy from the counter and ran off.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

swipe (swīp),  n., v., swiped, swip•ing. 

n. 

1. a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
2. Informal Terms a swing of the arm in order to strike somebody;
   punch.
3. a sideswipe.
4. Informal Terms a critical or cutting remark.
5. Building a leverlike device for raising or lowering a weight, esp. a bucket in a well;
   sweep.
6. Sport [Horse Racing.] a person who rubs down horses in a stable;
   groom.

v.t. 

7. to strike with a sweeping blow.
8. Informal Terms 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.

v.i. 

10. to make a sweeping stroke.

• 1730–40; akin to sweep¹; cognate with German schweifen

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swipe / swaɪp/ verb

1. when intr, usually followed by at: to hit hard with a sweeping blow
2. (transitive) to steal
3. (transitive) to pass a machine-readable card, such as a credit card, debit card, etc, through a machine that electronically interprets the information encoded, usually in a magnetic strip, on the card
4. to move a finger across a touchscreen on an electronic device as a means of inputting a command
5. swipe left ⇒ to move a finger from right to left across a touchscreen in order to dismiss an image
6. swipe right ⇒ to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image

noun

1. a hard blow
2. an unexpected criticism of someone or something while discussing another subject
3. Also called: sweep a type of lever for raising and lowering a weight, such as a bucket in a well

Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps related to sweep