swipe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sweeping stroke or blow
  2. verb strike with a swiping motion
  3. verb make off with belongings of others
    pilfer; filch; pinch; abstract; sneak; purloin; hook; lift; snarf; cabbage; nobble.

WordNet

Swipe noun
Etymology
Cf. Sweep, Swiple.
Definitions
  1. A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
  2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
    Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. R. A. Proctor.
  3. pl. Poor, weak beer; small beer. Slang, Eng. Written also swypes. Craig.
Swipe transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Swiped ; present participle & verbal noun Swiping
Definitions
  1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.
    Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. R. A. Proctor.
  2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. Slang, U.S.

Webster 1913