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verb     swipe pronunciation in American English
Word Forms
present tense
present participleswiping
past tenseswiped
past participleswiped
  1. 1
    [transitive] informal to steal something

    Hey, someone swiped my wallet!

  2. 2
    [intransitive/transitive] to swing your arm and hit or to try to hit someone or something, using your hand or an object

    She swiped him hard on the side of the head.

    swipe at:

    I used a broom to swipe at the snake.

  3. 3
    [transitive] to pass a plastic card through a piece of electronic equipment that reads the information stored on the card, for example in order to open a door or to pay for something
  4. 4
    [intransitive/transitive] to move your finger across the screen of a smartphone or tablet

    Simply swipe left or right to change the clock style.

    You swipe products to get further information and to add them to your shopping basket.

  5. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
    to assess a potential sexual partner using a dating app on a smartphone


    Submitted from United Kingdom on 04/12/2015
  6. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
    swipe right/left on an online dating app such as Tinder, to indicate that you find someone attractive or unattractive by moving your finger to the right or left of an image of them on a touchscreen

    To prove I'm really not picky I decided to swipe right to every man on Tinder for a week.


    Submitted from United Kingdom on 04/12/2015
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