swipe

1. 1.

   a sweeping stroke or blow

   Broaderstroke

Other forms of swipe

plural

swipes·

past tense

swiped·

present participle

swiping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about swipe

What does swipe mean?

swipe means "strike with a swiping motion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in swipe?

swipe has 1 syllable: swipe. In IPA it is /ˈswaɪp/.

What is another word for swipe?

Close synonyms include pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is swipe a common word?

swipe is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.