Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: swipe
IPA transcription: [sw'aɪp]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: swipe
    Meaning: a sweeping stroke or blow
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: swipe
    Meaning: strike with a swiping motion
Usage examples
  • "A swipe does warm me so.
  • "It does warm me so to swipe."
  • My fourth ball he treated to a swipe to square-leg.
  • "It's never too late for a woman of your resources to do anything she has a mind to do," said I. "It seems to me that a person who could swipe a Carnegie library the way you did should have little difficulty in lifting a musicale.