"wiper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwaɪpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wiper.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wipers [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: wipe + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wipe|er}} wipe + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} wiper (plural wipers)
  1. Someone who wipes. Translations (someone who wipes): pyyhkijä (Finnish), tergicristallo (Italian)
    Sense id: en-wiper-en-noun-XQ8ucNZ5 Disambiguation of 'someone who wipes': 75 2 2 0 19 3
  2. Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping. Translations (something used for wiping): مِمْسَحَة (mimsaḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), مِمْسَح (mimsaḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), бърсалка (bǎrsalka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pyyhe (english: towel) (Finnish), pyyhin (Finnish), rodelo [masculine] (Galician), baeta [feminine] (Galician), wirrkati (Kaurna), тря́пка (trjápka) (english: cloth) [feminine] (Russian), полоте́нце (poloténce) (english: towel) [neuter] (Russian), салфе́тка (salfétka) (english: napkin, paper towel) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wiper-en-noun-R9ToD-fG Disambiguation of 'something used for wiping': 8 55 27 1 6 3
  3. Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping. Categories (topical): Auto parts Translations (something designed for wiping): visker [common-gender] (Danish), viŝilo (Esperanto), pyyhin (Finnish), pyyhkijä (Finnish), कछना (kachnā) (Hindi), कछनी (kachnī) (Hindi), visker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), дво́рник (dvórnik) (english: windshield wiper) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wiper-en-noun-E9NTT6O~ Disambiguation of Auto parts: 2 2 45 6 22 2 20 Disambiguation of 'something designed for wiping': 9 29 50 1 7 4
  4. A movable electric contact in some devices. Translations (movable electric contact): контактна четка (kontaktna četka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pyyhkäisykosketin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wiper-en-noun-vMyw7S3g Disambiguation of 'movable electric contact': 1 1 2 91 2 3
  5. (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-wiper-en-noun-8PXC2--K Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 15 9 20 14 35 7 Topics: nautical, transport
  6. (obsolete, slang) An impertinent young man. Tags: obsolete, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-wiper-en-noun-ol8bsy7G Disambiguation of People: 12 0 7 0 9 69 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: windshield wiper, wiper wheel
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwaɪpɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wiper.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wipers [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: From white (bass) and striper. Etymology templates: {{m|en|white bass|white (bass)}} white (bass), {{m|en|striper}} striper Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wiper (countable and uncountable, plural wipers)
  1. A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish
    Sense id: en-wiper-en-noun-53-xEH5g Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 1 1 2 6 9 3 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 10 14 28 3 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 2 8 8 18 4 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1876, George Staunton Brodie, Vagrant Verses: And a Play, page 163",
          "text": "I ask you now, ain't honesty a-written on my feechurs? / I say the wiper should be scorched who'd rob his feller-creatures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An impertinent young man."
      ],
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        "(obsolete, slang) An impertinent young man."
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwaɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪpə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who wipes",
      "word": "pyyhkijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who wipes",
      "word": "tergicristallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mimsaḥa",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مِمْسَحَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mimsaḥ",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِمْسَح"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎrsalka",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бърсалка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "towel",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "word": "pyyhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "word": "pyyhin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rodelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "zku",
      "lang": "Kaurna",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "word": "wirrkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "cloth",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjápka",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тря́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "towel",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poloténce",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "полоте́нце"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "napkin, paper towel",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "salfétka",
      "sense": "something used for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "салфе́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something designed for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "visker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "something designed for wiping",
      "word": "viŝilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something designed for wiping",
      "word": "pyyhin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something designed for wiping",
      "word": "pyyhkijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kachnā",
      "sense": "something designed for wiping",
      "word": "कछना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kachnī",
      "sense": "something designed for wiping",
      "word": "कछनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something designed for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "visker"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "windshield wiper",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvórnik",
      "sense": "something designed for wiping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дво́рник"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kontaktna četka",
      "sense": "movable electric contact",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "контактна четка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "movable electric contact",
      "word": "pyyhkäisykosketin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wiper"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪpə(ɹ)",
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    "en:People",
    "en:Percoid fish"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1983, Kansas Fish, Game Commission, “Fishing”, in Kansas Wildlife, page 16",
          "text": "As is the customary method for catching wipers at Keith Sebelius Reservoir, the trio was trolling with crank baits.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 January 23, Texas State University San Marcos Department of Biology, “Morone saxatilis”, in Texas Freshwater Fishes",
          "text": "M. saxatilis X M. chrysops hybrids (wipers) are difficult to distinguish, showing intermediacy from parental types in basihyal tooth formation",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 April 23, Stephen Klobucar, “The history and mystery of hybrid fishes”, in Meat Eater",
          "text": "With good reason, wipers are among the most stocked hybrid gamefish in the United States. They won’t rival actual stripers for overall size, but wiper find a happy medium between the revered striper and the much smaller, pesky white bass.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination."
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          "white bass",
          "white bass"
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          "sperm"
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        "uncountable"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "tags": [
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    "Hybrid striped bass"
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