Meaning

8 senses
  1. Someone who wipes.

    a worker who wipes

  2. Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.

    тря́пкаtrjápka, полоте́нцеpoloténce, салфе́ткаsalfétka

  3. Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.

    дво́рникdvórnik

  4. A movable electric contact in some devices.

  5. A program or process that erases data.

  6. A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.

  8. (obsolete, slang)An impertinent young man.

Examples

56 sentences
  1. Tom turned on the windshield wipers.

    ruТом включил дворники. — soweli_Elepanto

    deTom schaltete den Scheibenwischer ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. How new are your windshield wipers?

  3. Your windshield wipers need to be replaced.

    ruТебе надо заменить дворники. — odexed

  4. You should turn on the windshield wipers.

  5. I don't need new windshield wipers yet.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
something used for wiping:
something designed for wiping:

Origin

From white (bass) and striper.

From white (bass) and striper.

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Forms

plural: wipers
Singularwiper
Pluralwipers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet:wiper armcontact arm
  • a mechanical device that cleans the windshield:windshield wiperwindscreen wiperwiper blade

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wiper — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto