Swipe
verb
To quickly move your hand or an object across something.
She swiped the dust off the table
Often appears as...
- swipe the screen
- swipe the card
verb
To use a card by sliding it in a machine.
Swipe your credit card to make the payment
Often appears as...
- swipe the card
- swipe to pay
verb
To steal something.
He swiped a candy bar from the store
Often appears as...
- swipe a wallet
- swipe food
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
Moon an action of moving your fingers across a touch screen.
Swipe left to delete the email
Often appears as...
- swipe right
- swipe left
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Technical
noun
A quick hit with your hand or an object.
He took a swipe at the ball
Often appears as...
- take a swipe
- make a swipe
noun
A criticism against someone or something.
He made a swipe at his opponent's policies
Often appears as...
- take a swipe
- make a swipe
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To quickly move your hand or an object across something.
She swiped the dust off the table
Often appears as...
- swipe the screen
- swipe the card
verb
To use a card by sliding it in a machine.
Swipe your credit card to make the payment
Often appears as...
- swipe the card
- swipe to pay
verb
To steal something.
He swiped a candy bar from the store
Often appears as...
- swipe a wallet
- swipe food
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
Moon an action of moving your fingers across a touch screen.
Swipe left to delete the email
Often appears as...
- swipe right
- swipe left
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A quick hit with your hand or an object.
He took a swipe at the ball
Often appears as...
- take a swipe
- make a swipe
noun
A criticism against someone or something.
He made a swipe at his opponent's policies
Often appears as...
- take a swipe
- make a swipe
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical action
Indicates a quick, fluid motion often done with the hand.
Swipe your finger over the table to check for dust.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphoric use
Can be used metaphorically to describe someone dismissing something.
She just swiped away my concerns without discussion.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical action
Indicates a quick, fluid motion often done with the hand.
Swipe your finger over the table to check for dust.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphoric use
Can be used metaphorically to describe someone dismissing something.
She just swiped away my concerns without discussion.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical action
Indicates a quick, fluid motion often done with the hand.
Swipe your finger over the table to check for dust.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphoric use
Can be used metaphorically to describe someone dismissing something.
She just swiped away my concerns without discussion.
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How long does it take to...
That's nearly three months spent listening to depressing music while putting on a brave face. It might feel longer than it is, but it's only a few swipes on the calendar app. No big deal, right? Well, unfortunately, it's not so straightforward. See, those articles drastically misrepresented that study. In fact, the study never said anything
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Coneheads, egg stacks...
complete with numerous passages, chambers, and ventilation holes. Deep within, they establish a royal cell that's fortified with extra thick walls. It’s not long before this architectural marvel attracts an an anteater. She swipes at the nest and pokes her long tongue in. Those trapped in the tongue’s spines and sticky saliva
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Toby Shapshak: You don't...
Because we have real problems. And when we solve real problems for people, we solve them for the rest of the world at the same time. So in California, everybody's really excited about a little square of plastic that you plug into a phone and you can swipe your credit card,
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A delightful way to...
I was a programmer, but no one knew it. The kids of today, they tap, swipe and pinch their way through the world. But unless we give them tools to build with computers, we are raising only consumers instead of creators. This whole quest led me to this little girl.
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How better tech could...
like maybe Tinder or something, where instead of measuring the number of swipes left and right people did, which is how they measure success today, instead measured the deep, romantic, fulfilling connections people created. Whatever that was for them, by the way.
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Data: Art that informs PIPE...
machine to classify data and I've been really interested in how I can play with this data how I can manipulate it to sort of perform for me so we can expose the clicks and swipes of users all over the world so what I do is I take the
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Why can't some birds...
Instead, she attacks, sending the dingo running for cover with one swipe of her razor-sharp toe claws. The cassowary is one of approximately 60 living species of flightless birds. These earthbound avians live all over the world,
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What it means to be...
That means more, depending on where you are in the world, but you get the picture. We are in front of you, getting coffee; we are sitting next to you on the train; we are swiping you left and right on dating apps --
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Kayaking with a Sperm...
back to the deep I need to keep clear of those mighty tail flicks one swipe could swap me in my kayak like a mosquito but up close able to smell his breath and see the shield his skin it's one of the
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How to Survive a Grizzly...
bear will lose interest after a few swipes and move away next protected face protected about as stable as you can get you'll come out
Video examples
How long does it take to...
That's nearly three months spent listening to depressing music while putting on a brave face. It might feel longer than it is, but it's only a few swipes on the calendar app. No big deal, right? Well, unfortunately, it's not so straightforward. See, those articles drastically misrepresented that study. In fact, the study never said anything
Video examples
Coneheads, egg stacks...
complete with numerous passages, chambers, and ventilation holes. Deep within, they establish a royal cell that's fortified with extra thick walls. It’s not long before this architectural marvel attracts an an anteater. She swipes at the nest and pokes her long tongue in. Those trapped in the tongue’s spines and sticky saliva
Video examples
Toby Shapshak: You don't...
Because we have real problems. And when we solve real problems for people, we solve them for the rest of the world at the same time. So in California, everybody's really excited about a little square of plastic that you plug into a phone and you can swipe your credit card,
Video examples
A delightful way to...
I was a programmer, but no one knew it. The kids of today, they tap, swipe and pinch their way through the world. But unless we give them tools to build with computers, we are raising only consumers instead of creators. This whole quest led me to this little girl.
Video examples
How better tech could...
like maybe Tinder or something, where instead of measuring the number of swipes left and right people did, which is how they measure success today, instead measured the deep, romantic, fulfilling connections people created. Whatever that was for them, by the way.
Video examples
Data: Art that informs PIPE...
machine to classify data and I've been really interested in how I can play with this data how I can manipulate it to sort of perform for me so we can expose the clicks and swipes of users all over the world so what I do is I take the
Video examples
Why can't some birds...
Instead, she attacks, sending the dingo running for cover with one swipe of her razor-sharp toe claws. The cassowary is one of approximately 60 living species of flightless birds. These earthbound avians live all over the world,
Video examples
What it means to be...
That means more, depending on where you are in the world, but you get the picture. We are in front of you, getting coffee; we are sitting next to you on the train; we are swiping you left and right on dating apps --
Video examples
Kayaking with a Sperm...
back to the deep I need to keep clear of those mighty tail flicks one swipe could swap me in my kayak like a mosquito but up close able to smell his breath and see the shield his skin it's one of the
Video examples
How to Survive a Grizzly...
bear will lose interest after a few swipes and move away next protected face protected about as stable as you can get you'll come out
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Quote examples
Jean Chatzky
American Journalist
These days, checks are direct-deposited, money comes out of a machine in the wall, and we swipe a plastic card to make a purchase. In other words, your kids can grow up thinking money comes in an endless supply if you don't show them otherwise.
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Ari Lennox
American Musician
But yeah, so many people are just not very genuine online. I caught myself looking for my ex, and a lot of these people that I would swipe right on, I'm meeting them in real life and they're just not that guy at all.
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Dale Carnegie
American Writer
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?
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Fat Joe
American Musician
I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
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Gary Lineker
English Footballer
Football's the big cheese, if you like. It's easy to have a swipe. There's a lot of footballers, and when they fall foul, they become big news.
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Jim Bishop
American Journalist
The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
I understood that with the swipe of my pen as a prosecutor, I would have the decision in my pen to make a decision about someone's life.
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Redfoo
American Musician
We all Tinder in life. We all look at somebody and go: 'OK, swipe right.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
American Diplomat
He may be president, but he still comes home and swipes my socks.
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Urvashi Rautela
Indian Actress
I would swipe right for Varun Dhawan, and he knows that!
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Jean Chatzky
American Journalist
These days, checks are direct-deposited, money comes out of a machine in the wall, and we swipe a plastic card to make a purchase. In other words, your kids can grow up thinking money comes in an endless supply if you don't show them otherwise.
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Ari Lennox
American Musician
But yeah, so many people are just not very genuine online. I caught myself looking for my ex, and a lot of these people that I would swipe right on, I'm meeting them in real life and they're just not that guy at all.
Quote examples
Dale Carnegie
American Writer
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?
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Fat Joe
American Musician
I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
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Gary Lineker
English Footballer
Football's the big cheese, if you like. It's easy to have a swipe. There's a lot of footballers, and when they fall foul, they become big news.
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Jim Bishop
American Journalist
The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
I understood that with the swipe of my pen as a prosecutor, I would have the decision in my pen to make a decision about someone's life.
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Redfoo
American Musician
We all Tinder in life. We all look at somebody and go: 'OK, swipe right.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
American Diplomat
He may be president, but he still comes home and swipes my socks.
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Urvashi Rautela
Indian Actress
I would swipe right for Varun Dhawan, and he knows that!
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