Usually means: Pass hand or object over.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. swipe: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. swipe: Merriam-Webster
  3. swipe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. swipe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. swipe: Collins English Dictionary
  6. swipe: Vocabulary.com
  7. Swipe, swipe: Wordnik
  8. swipe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. swipe: Wiktionary
  10. swipe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. swipe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. swipe: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. swipe: Dictionary.com
  14. swipe (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. swipe: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. SwIPe (protocol), Swipe (b-boy move), Swipe (breakdance move), Swipe (comics), Swipe (dice game), Swipe (novel), Swipe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Swipe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. swipe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. swipe: Rhymezone
  20. Swipe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. swipe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. swipe: FreeDictionary.org
  23. swipe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. swipe: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. swipe: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SWIPE: Acronym Finder
  2. swipe: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Swipe: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See swiped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
verb:  (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
verb:  (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
verb:  (slang, obsolete, nautical) To drink.
noun:  (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
noun:  (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
noun:  (countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
noun:  (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
noun:  (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
noun:  (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
noun:  (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.

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