swiping
present participle ofswipe
swipe
verb
uk/swaɪp/us/swaɪp/swipeverb(HIT)
[IorT,usually+ adv/prep]
tohitortrytohitsomething,especiallywith asidewaysmovement:
Sheopenedthewindowand swipedattheflieswith a rolled-upnewspaperto make them go out.
UKShe swiped himroundthehead.
mainlyUSThecarswiped thesideof thegarageas hepulledout.
See also
sideswipeverb
Hitting and beating
- at-risk
- bangsomeoneup
- basher
- bashing
- battered
- brain
- bunch
- butt
- head-butt
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knocksomeone'sblock offidiom
- mess
- swing
- tansomeone'shideidiom
- tar
- wallop
- whop
- whup
swipeverb(STEAL)
[T]informal
tosteal:
Okay, who swiped mykeys?
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglar
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- appropriation
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- joyride
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- purloin
- raid
- rustle
- rustling
- snitch
- swipe
swipeverb(MOVE)
[T]
tomoveacardcontaininginformationstoredon amagneticstripthrough adevicethatreadsthisinformation
[IorT]
tomoveyourfingerover thescreenof amobilephoneortabletinordertomoveonto the nextpage,choosesomething, etc.:
Swipelefttoseemoresearchresults.
Computer concepts
- 3-D printing
- adaptive learning
- additive manufacturing
- addy
- aeroplane mode
- capture
- computing
- information age
- information security
- information superhighway
- infosec
- internet
- ping
- portrait
- scan
- Trojan horse
- tuple
- Turing Machine
- Turing test
- UI
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Backwards, sideways and back and forth
Operating computers
Examplesofswiping
swiping
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Instead, the typically heavy hand of bureaucracy isswipingthem around the head.
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Before we know it, we could even beswipingour votes in.
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Such safeguards might include teacher supervision atswipingpoints and random checks of cards held by pupils.
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For the elderly in particular, keying-in pin numbers andswipingcards will be difficult and unfamiliar tasks.
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That is all good,swipingdraconian stuff.
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Scrolling is achieved byswipinga finger across the screen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most cats will flee from a dog, while others will take actions such as hissing, arching their backs andswipingat the dog.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It can beswipingfrom the bezel to the center of the screen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These ghostly images interact with the rocket trains,swiping, chasing and throwing the trains around the dome.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Barlock sneaks in on him and knock him out,swipingthe hostage in the process.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shoppers logged their visits byswipingtheir membership card and entering a personal identification number at one of the mall's three touch-screen kiosks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Various other screens are reached from the main screen byswiping.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The game is controlled using virtual buttons on-screen; a virtual control stick is used for movement, while aiming is achieved byswipingon the touchscreen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He ended upswipingonly 2 bases in 51 total major league games and hitting.149.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Swipingup enters pipes, climbs ladders, or makes them jump.
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- call waiting
- call-waiting
- call your shot
- call-your-shot
- calm
- calm-before-the-storm
- calm-down
- calmed
- calm-fears
- calming
- calming effect
- calming influence
- calmly
- calm manner
- calmness
- calm (sb) down
- calm-sb-down
- calm (someone) down
- calm someone's fears
- Calor gas
- calor-gas
- caloric
- caloric content
- caloric intake
- caloric restriction