swipe
verb
[ swʌɪp ]
• hit or try to hit with a swinging blow.
• "she swiped me right across the nose"
Similar:
strike,
swing,
hit,
slap,
cuff,
lash out,
belt,
wallop,
sock,
biff,
clout,
• pass (a swipe card) through an electronic device designed to read and process the information encoded on it.
• steal.
• "someone swiped one of his sausages"
Similar:
steal,
thieve,
take,
pilfer,
purloin,
snatch,
help oneself to,
appropriate,
abstract,
shoplift,
filch,
lift,
snaffle,
rob,
nab,
nick,
pinch,
whip,
half-inch,
blag,
glom,
swipe
noun
• a sweeping blow.
• "he missed the ball with his first swipe"
Similar:
strike,
stroke,
swing,
hit,
slap,
brush,
cuff,
clip,
belt,
wallop,
• an act or instance of moving one's finger across a touchscreen to activate a function.
• "a swipe to the right archives or deletes the message"
Origin:
mid 18th century: perhaps a variant of sweep.
swipe right
• (on the online dating app Tinder) indicate that one finds someone attractive by moving one's finger to the right across an image of them on a touchscreen.
• "I swiped right, but sadly for me, she swiped left"
