swipe

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swipe /sw'aɪp/ (swipes swiping swiped)
1 [VERB] V at n, V n
If you swipe at a person or thing, you try to hit them with a stick or other object, making a swinging movement with your arm.
She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly...
He swiped me across the shoulder with the poker.
[N-COUNT]
Swipe is also a noun.
He took a swipe at Andrew that deposited him on the floor.
2 [VERB] V n
If you swipe something, you steal it quickly. (INFORMAL)
Five soldiers were each fined £140 for swiping a wheelchair from a disabled tourist...
= pinch
3 [N-COUNT]
If you take a swipe at a person or an organization, you criticize them, usually in an indirect way.
In a swipe at the president, he called for an end to `begging for aid around the world'.
4 [VERB] V n through n, also V n
If you swipe a credit card or swipe card through a machine, you pass it through a narrow space in the machine so that the machine can read information on the card's magnetic strip.
Swipe your card through the phone, then dial.swipe card (swipe cards)
also swipecard
[N-COUNT]
A swipe card is a plastic card with a magnetic strip on it which contains information that can be read or transferred by passing the card through a special machine.
They use a swipe card to go in and out of their offices.

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