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Antonyms for swipe

Grammar : Verb
Spell : swahyp
Phonetic Transcription : swaɪp

Definition of swipe

Origin :
  • 1807, "a driving stroke made with the arms in full swing," perhaps a dialectal variant of sweep (n.), or in part from obsolete swip "a stroke, blow" (c.1200), from Proto-Germanic *swip-, related to Old English swipu "a stick, whip." Other possible sources or influences are Middle English swope "to sweep with broad movements" (in reference to brooms, swords, etc.), from Old English swapan; obsolete swaip "stroke, blow;" or obsolete swape "oar, pole."
  • verb hit
  • verb steal
Example sentences :
  • And if you don't cough up a thousand and let me go, I'll swipe anything in sight.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • Not that I swipe the whiskey, just sorry because I gets sick!
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
  • He goes to make a swipe at figure on other side of stairs—sees Rusty.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Paul Dickey
  • The swipe I took at him should have swept him over, but he got his coils around me.
  • Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Still, how was he to know they were going to swipe his idea?
  • Extract from : « Carl and the Cotton Gin » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • You have only just got to fancy that it is a bung, and swipe at it with all your might.
  • Extract from : « Held Fast For England » by G. A. Henty
  • Swipe, at cricket, to hit hard with a full swing of the bat.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • He did it because he thought some one might have seen him swipe it.
  • Extract from : « Anthony Trent, Master Criminal » by Wyndham Martyn
  • I know he made the first swipe, but that wouldnt help you much.
  • Extract from : « Center Rush Rowland » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Swipe at the first ball as though you were going to knock it over the fence!
  • Extract from : « Weatherby's Inning » by Ralph Henry Barbour

Synonyms for swipe

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