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{
"derived": [
{
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"word": "sideswipe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "swipe left"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "swipe right"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "swipe-tab"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "swip"
},
"expansion": "swip",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "swippen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English swippen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "swipen",
"t": "to move violently"
},
"expansion": "swipen (“to move violently”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "swipian"
},
"expansion": "Old English swipian",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "sweopian"
},
"expansion": "sweopian",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "swippan",
"t": "to scourge, strike, beat, lash"
},
"expansion": "swippan (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*swippjan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *swippjan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*swipōn"
},
"expansion": "*swipōn",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*swipēn"
},
"expansion": "*swipēn",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*swipōną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swipōną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*swipjaną"
},
"expansion": "*swipjaną",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*swipāną",
"t": "to move"
},
"expansion": "*swipāną (“to move”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sweyb-",
"t": "to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schwippen",
"3": "",
"4": "to whip"
},
"expansion": "German schwippen (“to whip”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "svippe",
"3": "",
"4": "to smack; crack a whip"
},
"expansion": "Danish svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "svipa",
"3": "",
"4": "to whip; move swiftly"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic svipa (“to whip; move swiftly”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sweep"
},
"expansion": "sweep",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "swoop"
},
"expansion": "swoop",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier swip (with a short vowel), from Middle English swippen, swipen (“to move violently”), from Old English swipian, sweopian, swippan (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan, *swipōn, *swipēn, from Proto-Germanic *swipōną, *swipjaną, *swipāną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep”). Cognate with German schwippen (“to whip”), Danish svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), Icelandic svipa (“to whip; move swiftly”). Related to sweep, swoop.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "swipes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "swiping",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "swiped",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "swiped",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "swipe (third-person singular simple present swipes, present participle swiping, simple past and past participle swiped)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The cat swiped at the shoelace.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To grab or bat quickly."
],
"id": "en-swipe-en-verb-Yqv0tct2",
"links": [
[
"grab",
"grab"
],
[
"bat",
"bat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To grab or bat quickly."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "84 1 1 5 1 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krada",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"word": "крада"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 1 5 1 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"word": "kaapaista"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 1 5 1 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "choper"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 1 5 1 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"word": "attraper"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 1 5 1 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"word": "schnappen"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion."
],
"id": "en-swipe-en-verb-goEXzSFL",
"links": [
[
"strike",
"strike"
],
[
"strong",
"strong"
],
[
"blow",
"blow"
],
[
"sweep",
"sweep"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He swiped his card at the door.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader."
],
"id": "en-swipe-en-verb-Q2gKkkbI",
"links": [
[
"scan",
"scan"
],
[
"register",
"register"
],
[
"swipecard",
"swipecard"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prekarvam",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "прекарвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "luk¹",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "碌"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "projet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "protáhnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přejet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "pyyhkäistä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "höylätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "glisser"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "einlesen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "durchziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "passare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "scandere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "haunuku"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provodítʹ",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проводи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"alt": "пла́стиковую ка́рту че́рез счи́тывающее устро́йство",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provestí",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "провести́"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "deslizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 82 9 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "pasar"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Graphical user interface",
"orig": "en:Graphical user interface",
"parents": [
"Computing",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "3 9 25 39 13 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: scroll"
},
{
"text": "Swipe left to hide the toolbar.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Erica Sadun, Taking Your iPhone to the Max, Apress, page 27",
"text": "This is the iPhone lock screen with its default Earth wallpaper. To unlock your phone, swipe the slider from left to right.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 August 31, Catherine Pearson, “‘A Decade of Fruitless Searching’: The Toll of Dating App Burnout”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "But really, she is just over it all: the swiping, the monotonous getting-to-know-you conversations and the self-doubt that creeps in when one of her matches fizzles.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it."
],
"id": "en-swipe-en-verb-d74WVZZx",
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"graphical user interface",
"graphical user interface"
],
[
"interact",
"interact"
],
[
"touch screen",
"touch screen"
],
[
"finger",
"finger"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"graphical-user-interface",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "pyyhkäistä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "faire glisser"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "swiper"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "wischen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "mareti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "deslizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provodítʹ",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проводи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"alt": "пальцем",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provestí",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "провести́ pf по сенсорному экрану"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "сделать свайп"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "slang свайпнуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "deslizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "svajpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 7 5 80 1 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "svepa"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2016 August 2, Lindsay Kimble, “Zac Efron Opens Up About His Dating Woes and Jokes: 'When I Signed Up for Tinder, Nobody Swiped Me!'”, in People",
"text": "Zac Efron needs a date. […] But would the actor resort to apps to find a partner? Joking, he said, “Amazingly, when I signed up for Tinder, nobody swiped me! They thought it was fake … That never happened.”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane",
"text": "Yas (Vivian Oparah): That is your truth. And, by the way, your man swiped me on Tinder, like, a week ago. […]\nEric (Benjamin Sarpong-Broni): Mmm, no, I didn't. I didn't swipe you. […] Or anybody. […] I didn't swipe her.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application."
],
"id": "en-swipe-en-verb-s8PE9xD1",
"links": [
[
"swipe right",
"swipe right"
],
[
"dating",
"dating"
],
[
"application",
"application"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Hey! Who swiped my lunch?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1968, Thomas C. Ryan, 00:48:18 from the start, in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter",
"text": "Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To steal or snatch."
],
"id": "en-swipe-en-verb-wOHgkV1V",
"links": [
[
"steal",
"steal"
],
[
"snatch",
"snatch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, informal) To steal or snatch."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pinch"
},
{
"word": "steal"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "šlohnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "čmajznout"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "štípnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "stjæle"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "jatten"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "napata"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "voler"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "piquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "faucher"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "chourrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "dérober"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "klauen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "stibitzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "mitgehen lassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "fregare"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "surripere"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zakosić"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "surripiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "surrupiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stjanútʹ",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "стяну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukrástʹ",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "укра́сть"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "staščítʹ",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "стащи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sperétʹ",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спере́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "afanar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "chorizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "sno"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 3 4 2 83",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "stjäla"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/swaɪp/"
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Hey! Who swiped my lunch?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1968, Thomas C. Ryan, 00:48:18 from the start, in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter",
"text": "Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To steal or snatch."
],
"links": [
[
"steal",
"steal"
],
[
"snatch",
"snatch"
]
],
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"(transitive, informal) To steal or snatch."
],
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{
"word": "pinch"
},
{
"word": "steal"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/swaɪp/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪp"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-swipe.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-us-swipe.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krada",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"word": "крада"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"word": "kaapaista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "choper"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"word": "attraper"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to grab quickly",
"word": "schnappen"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prekarvam",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "прекарвам"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "luk¹",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "碌"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "projet"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "protáhnout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přejet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "pyyhkäistä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "höylätä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "glisser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "einlesen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "durchziehen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "passare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "scandere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "haunuku"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provodítʹ",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проводи́ть"
},
{
"alt": "пла́стиковую ка́рту че́рез счи́тывающее устро́йство",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provestí",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "провести́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "deslizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to slide through a reader",
"word": "pasar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "pyyhkäistä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "faire glisser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "swiper"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "wischen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "mareti"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "deslizar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provodítʹ",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проводи́ть"
},
{
"alt": "пальцем",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provestí",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "провести́ pf по сенсорному экрану"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "сделать свайп"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "slang свайпнуть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "deslizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "svajpa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to interact with a touch screen",
"word": "svepa"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "šlohnout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "čmajznout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "štípnout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "stjæle"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "jatten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "napata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "voler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "piquer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "faucher"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "chourrer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "dérober"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "klauen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "stibitzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "mitgehen lassen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "fregare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "surripere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zakosić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "surripiar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "surrupiar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stjanútʹ",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "стяну́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukrástʹ",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "укра́сть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "staščítʹ",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "стащи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sperétʹ",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спере́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "afanar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "chorizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "sno"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to steal or snatch",
"word": "stjäla"
}
],
"word": "swipe"
}
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"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/aɪp",
"Rhymes:English/aɪp/1 syllable",
"en:Alcoholic beverages"
],
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"word": "sideswipe"
},
{
"word": "swipe card"
},
{
"word": "swipe file"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "swip"
},
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"name": "m"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"name": "m"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "gmw-pro",
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"name": "m"
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{
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"1": "gmw-pro",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
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},
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schwippen",
"3": "",
"4": "to whip"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "svippe",
"3": "",
"4": "to smack; crack a whip"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "svipa",
"3": "",
"4": "to whip; move swiftly"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sweep"
},
"expansion": "sweep",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "swoop"
},
"expansion": "swoop",
"name": "m"
}
],
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"form": "swipes",
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]
}
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"A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep."
],
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[
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],
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"A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club."
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"bat"
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[
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],
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"countable"
]
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"en:Graphical user interface"
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{
"ref": "2020 April 18, Alyson Krueger, “Virtual Dating Is the New Normal. Will It Work?”, in The New Yorker",
"text": "Some New Yorkers are moving beyond the swipe to venture into flirtatious panel discussions and speed dating sessions.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it."
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"graphical user interface",
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"interact",
"interact"
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[
"touch screen",
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"(countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it."
],
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"countable"
],
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"computing",
"engineering",
"graphical-user-interface",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 March 13, Ronnie Koenig, “Parking So Prime, the Car Is Optional”, in The New Yorker",
"text": "Owning a car in New York City is seen as a liability by many, especially when a quick Uber ride or the swipe of a MetroCard can easily get you where you need to go.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader."
],
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"pass",
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],
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"swipecard",
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"card reader",
"card reader"
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"(countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader."
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"countable"
]
},
{
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],
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{
"text": "Take a swipe at the answer, even if you're not sure.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A rough guess; an estimate or swag."
],
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"guess",
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[
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"estimate"
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"swag",
"swag"
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],
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"(countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag."
],
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"informal"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "The politician took a swipe at his opponents.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2019 December 20, Abbey Marshall, “Sarah Sanders apologizes after mocking Biden’s stutter”, in Politico",
"text": "Biden‘s Twitter account then acknowledged the swipe, quote-tweeting Sanders shortly after the debate saying, “I’ve worked my whole life to overcome a stutter. And it’s my great honor to mentor kids who have experienced the same. It’s called empathy. Look it up.”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 December 15, Jack Royston, “Prince Harry throws more accusations at Prince William than ever before”, in Newsweek",
"text": "Harry took a swipe at the palace's response to a story published in 2020 suggesting the Sussexes were leaving the royal family because William had bullied them out.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An attack, insult or critical remark."
],
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[
"attack",
"attack"
],
[
"insult",
"insult"
],
[
"critical",
"critical"
],
[
"remark",
"remark"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1984, Ronald T. Takaki, Pau Hana: Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii, 1835-1920, page 134",
"text": "Woozy with swipe was the only way I could stay down with patience for work.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1990, Charles Langlas, James Ahia, The People of Kalapana, 1823-1950",
"text": "JJ: Did a lot of people drink? KP: Down here, oh yeah, a lot of them made their own swipe, their own potato and pineapple swipe.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1998, Gary Pak, Pak: A Ricepaper Airplane, page 73",
"text": "Sung Wha knows it's pineapple swipe they are drinking. Hoping that they might sell him some of the stuff, he approaches them with the dollar bill out. One worker, sucking on a fat, wet stub of a cigar, waves off the offer and shakes his head: no we aren't selling the swipe, the swipe is for us to drink and enjoy.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, James Jones, The World War II Trilogy",
"text": "Only the nights—of sitting out in the moonlight drinking the horrible tasting swipe and talking, the thinking about women —remained unchanged.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut."
],
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"beer",
"beer"
],
[
"inferior",
"inferior"
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[
"alcoholic",
"alcoholic"
],
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
],
[
"rotgut",
"rotgut"
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],
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"(uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut."
],
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{
"word": "swipes"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/swaɪp/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪp"
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"US"
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}
],
"word": "swipe"
}
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