Meaning

7 senses
  1. (intransitive)To grab or bat quickly.

    The cat swiped at the shoelace.

    schnappen

  2. (transitive)To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.

    strike with a swiping motion

  3. (transitive)To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.

    He swiped his card at the door.

    einlesen, durchziehen

    проводи́тьprovodítʹ, провести́provestí

  4. (intransitive, transitive)To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.

    Swipe left to hide the toolbar.

    wischen

    проводи́тьprovodítʹ, провести́ pf по сенсорному экрануprovestí, сделать свайп

  5. (informal, transitive)To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.

  6. (informal, transitive)To steal or snatch.

    Hey! Who swiped my lunch?

    klauen, stibitzen, mitgehen lassen

    стяну́тьstjanútʹ, укра́стьukrástʹ, стащи́тьstaščítʹ

  7. (obsolete, slang)To drink.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Swipe your card, and then enter your code.

  2. Somebody swiped my bag.

    deJemand hat mir die Tasche gestohlen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Swipe either left or right to see another animal.

    Пересунь палець ліворуч чи праворуч, щоб побачити іншу тварину. — Internecivus

    ruПередвинь палец влево или вправо, чтобы увидеть другое животное. — Olya

  4. I swiped Tom's pencil.

    ruЯ стащил у Тома карандаш. — odexed

  5. Swiper, no swiping!

    Крадію, не кради! — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to slide through a reader:
to interact with a touch screen:
to steal or snatch:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to grab quickly:
to slide through a reader:
to interact with a touch screen:
to steal or snatch:

Origin

From earlier swip (with a short vowel), from Middle English swippen, swype (“to move viole

From earlier swip (with a short vowel), from Middle English swippen, swype (“to move violently”), from Old English sweopian, swipian, swippan (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan, *swipōn, *swipēn, from Proto-Germanic *swipōną, *swipjaną, *swipāną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, sway, swing, sweep, swerve, turn”). Cognate with German schwippen (“sway back and forth”), Danish svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), Icelandic svipa (“riding crop, whip”). Related to sweep, swoop.

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Forms

swipes, swiping, swiped, swiped
Base formswipe · to swipe
3rd person singularswipes
Present participleswiping
Past simpleswiped
Past participleswiped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyswipe
he, she, itswipes

Past simpleLesson

all personsswiped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave swiped
he, she, ithas swiped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill swipe

Synonyms

77 synonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

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