Pronunciation

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Plain form
swipe

Third-person singular
swipes

Past tense
swiped

Past participle
swiped

Present participle
swiping

  1. (intransitive) If you swipe, you grab or bat something quickly.
  2. (transitive) If you swipe something, you hit it with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
  3. (transitive) If you swipe a card, you scan or register it by sliding it through a reader.
  4. (transitive) (informal) If you swipe something, you steal or snatch it.

Singular
swipe

Plural
swipes

  1. (countable) A swipe is a quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw.
  2. (countable) A swipe is a strong blow given with a sweeping motion.