as in slap
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
one swipe of a grizzly's paw can do a person in
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as in to bump
to come into usually forceful contact with something
a blindfolded partygoer swiping at the piñata with a stick spent most of the camping trip swiping mosquitos
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as in to slap
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
that car just swiped the fender of our car
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as in to steal
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
somebody swiped the stop sign that used to be on the corner left his phone at the library and it got swiped
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
More recently, Google has even begun formally tracking office badge swipes and using it as a metric in performance reviews.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
Sarah Y. Wu, Allure, 26 July 2024
Scroll on and swipe on these picks for all-day wear.
—Jamie Ballard, Allure, 19 Aug. 2024
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Noun
With just a swipe or a scroll, we’re exposed to a never-ending array of products and services, each promising to improve our lives in some way.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
More recently, Google has even begun formally tracking office badge swipes and using it as a metric in performance reviews.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
Verb
To use, pour it over a cotton round and swipe over your skin.
—Sarah Y. Wu, Allure, 26 July 2024
Scroll on and swipe on these picks for all-day wear.
—Jamie Ballard, Allure, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Swipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swipe. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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