Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun swipe

1 sense of swipe

Sense 1
swipe -- (a sweeping stroke or blow)
       => stroke, shot -- ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swipe

2 senses of swipe

Sense 1
swipe -- (strike with a swiping motion)
       => hit -- (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face")
          Phrasal Verb-> sideswipe#1

Sense 2
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others)
       => steal -- (take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation")

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