Meaning

8 senses

  1. The act of wiping something.

    multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk

    the act of rubbing or wiping

  2. A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

  3. A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.

  4. A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

  5. An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.

  6. (UK, obsolete, slang)A handkerchief.

  7. (obsolete)A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.

  8. (UK, obsolete, slang)A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something.

Examples

471 sentences

  1. Tom wiped his hands on his jeans.

    Том витер руки об свої джинси. — deniko

    ruТом вытер руки о джинсы. — marafon

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  2. Tom wiped the table with a wet cloth.

    Том протер стіл вологою ганчіркою. — deniko

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  3. I wiped the window sill with a paper towel.

    Я витерла підвіконня паперовим рушником. — oromashka

    ruЯ вытер подоконник бумажным полотенцем. — Selena777

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  4. Tom wiped the table.

    Том витер стіл. — deniko

    ruТом вытер стол. — corvard

    deTom wischte den Tisch ab. — Trinkschokolade

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  5. I'm wiping the table.

    Я витираю стіл. — deniko

    ruЯ вытираю стол. — marafon

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-W

From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit वेपते (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.

Compare Swedish vipa, Danish vibe (“lapwing”).

From wipe out (verb) and wipeout (noun) by shortening.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: wipes
Singularwipe
Pluralwipes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
wipeoffTPK
Close in meaning
  • the act of rubbing or wiping:rub

Word family

19 related words
Derivedbaby wipeclock wipedata wipeflip wipehandi-wipememory-wipepiewipesanitizing wipewipe awaywipe-breechwipe downwipe offwipe oneselfwipe outwipeoutwiperwipe upwipe warmerparty wipe

Collocations

9 patterns
  • wipe the table
  • wiped the sweat
  • wiped his hands
  • wiped his mouth
  • wiped his face
  • wipe off the
  • please wipe the
  • please wipe
  • wiped away

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
winterA1winterswintertimewintrywiperwireB1wireless

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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