to swipe
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3.0
- verb
- /swaɪp/
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- You can swipe your finger across the screen to unlock your phone.
- swipe a card
- swipe a credit card
- swipe a debit card
Why I'm so sick of swiping my damn card.
- Why I'm so sick of swiping my damn card.
- You can swipe if they're empty seats, swipe to teleport between seats.
- Or I only swipe right for dog lovers.
- This mascara, although I'm doing more than one swipe, is so good.
- This phone you can only swipe to dismiss to the right.
- And if what's on their phone as they're swiping through TikTok is more interesting.
- OK, so you think that women across the world are swiping left for brown men?
- Like it can be deeply satisfying to swipe the dust bunnies off your wood floor.
Examples
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I'm just going to swipe this all over the skin.
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At night, you can't get in or out without swiping this card.
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So it's here, pop the ball up, swipe under and catch.
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We're going to go ahead and just swipe this right on.
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Can you just swipe it again, please?
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So I'm going to pick up a little bit and swipe across the skin.
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One: swipe the fare card.
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Or you could just keep swiping and see if anything turns up.
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You can tap and swipe and oops, didn't mean to go back.
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Completing a task is as simple as swiping the task and touching the "Complete" button.
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Synonyms
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2.1
To move quickly and smoothly in a wide motion
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2.3
To move something quickly with a finger or hand
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2.5
To move an item on a screen by holding and moving the mouse or your finger
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
The modern tech sense of swipe comes from the same idea as sweep — moving your hand or finger in a long, quick line. So to swipe on a screen is to slide your finger across it to change or open things.