Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - swipe
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Swipe
swipe
~1 v 1 to hit or to try to hit someone or something by swinging you arm very quickly (Jim swiped Bob across the face.) + a (The woman swiped at the child.) 2 informal to steal something (Who's swiped my pen?) 3 to pull a special plastic card through a machine to record information on a computer (You need to swipe your card to get in the building.) ~2 n 1 an act of hitting someone or something by swinging your arm very quickly (take a swipe at) (He took a wild swipe at the policeman.) 2 take a swipe at to publicly criticize someone in a speech or in writing (In her latest article she takes a swipe at her detractors.)
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(swipes, swiping, swiped) 1. If you swipe at a person or thing, you try to hit them with a stick or other object, making a swinging movement with your arm. She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly... He swiped me across the shoulder with the poker. VERB: V at n, V n • Swipe is also a noun. He took a swipe at Andrew that deposited him on the floor. N-COUNT 2. If you swipe something, you steal it quickly. (INFORMAL) Five soldiers were each fined ?140 for swiping a wheelchair from a disabled tourist... = pinch VERB: V n 3. If you take a swipe at a person or an organization, you criticize them, usually in an indirect way. In a swipe at the president, he called for an end to ‘begging for aid around the world’. N-COUNT 4. If you swipe a credit card or swipe card through a machine, you pass it through a narrow space in the machine so that the machine can read information on the card’s magnetic strip. Swipe your card through the phone, then dial. VERB: V n through n, also V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of sweep Date: 1739 1. a strong sweeping blow a ~ of a paw 2. a sharp often critical remark took a parting ~ at management II. verb (~d; swiping) Date: circa 1825 intransitive verb to strike or move with a sweeping motion transitive verb 1. to strike or wipe with a sweeping motion 2. steal, pilfer 3. to slide (a card with a magnetic strip or bar code) through a slot in a reading device so that information stored on the strip can be processed (as in making a purchase) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. colloq. --v. 1 tr. & (often foll. by at) intr. hit hard and recklessly. 2 tr. steal. --n. a reckless hard hit or attempted hit. Derivatives swiper n. Etymology: perh. var. of SWEEP ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. разг. сильный удар 2. разг. тот, кто наносит сильный удар (особ. в спорте) 3. тех. ворот; коромысло; рычаг 4. журавль (колодца) 5. конюх, грум 6. разг. ударять с силой to swipe at the ball —- сильно ударить по мячу he swiped the ball into the field —- он выбил мяч в поле he did not enjoy being swiped at in the local paper —- ему не нравилось, когда на него нападали в местной газете 7. обыкн. красть he swiped my watch —- он стянул мои часы 8. много и жадно пить, выпивать залпом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) coll. сильный удар 2) tech. ворот, коромысло 2. v. 1) coll. ударять с силой (at); Dont swipe at the ball carelessly, take more careful aim. 2) joc. красть Syn: see steal ...Англо-русский словарь
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