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Definition of Swipe

Swipe

  1. A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
  2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
  3. Poor, weak beer; small beer.
  4. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.
  5. To pluck; to snatch; to steal.

Swipe Quotations

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.
Tyra Banks

Thankfully, beauty is easier to remove than apply, and a swipe of demaquillage in the right direction and you are you once again.
Margaret Cho

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.
Jim Bishop

Last year, Congress passed a law that directs the Federal Reserve to set limits on debit card swipe fees that are reasonable and proportional to the cost of processing those transactions. Like most Americans, I had no idea that swipe fees charged to American businesses are the highest in the world.
Peter Welch

Swipe fees have increased steadily since the introduction of debit cards 20 years ago, when there were no swipe fees at all. Merchants can't negotiate or control them. They've tried, but they have no leverage against the big banks and issuers. So they get ignored.
Peter Welch
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Swipe Translations

swipe in French is adjuger
swipe in German is klauen

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