swipen.1
/swʌɪp/, U.S. /swaɪp/ A contrivance of the form of a lever for raising a weight, esp. for raising water; = sweep n. 23, 24, 26. (Cf. swafe n. 3, swape n. 3, swip n.2)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water > in form of lever
kip-treec1440
sweep1548
put-gally1584
swipe1600
swip1639
bascule1678
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxiv. xxxiv. 533 He devised a crane or swipe to be planted aloft upon the wals, having at the one end, which hung over the sea, a drag or grappling hooke of yron like an hand,..which tooke hold upon the proo of a gallie, [etc.].
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bascule, a swipe, scoope, or put-gally to draw vp water withall.
1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Swepe or Swipe [1656 Sweep], was an instrument of war; like that which Brewers use with cross beams to draw water.
1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xvi. 143 Ἀντλίον, ἄντλον, in Latin, haustrum, tolleno, or tollena, &c. a Swipe, or Engine to draw up Water.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Swipe, an Engine to draw up Water; also another sort to throw Granadoes.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Swipe, the lever or handle of a pump.
1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 280 Swipe or bar of a sluice-gate with a counterpoise, brise.
1905 Sat. Rev. 15 July 82/2 The ‘swipe’ of British brickfields.
Compounds
attributive: swipe-beam n. the counterpoise lever of a drawbridge.
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swipen.2
/swʌɪp/, U.S. /swaɪp/ I. Something that cuts or fells, and related uses.† 1. An instrument used in cutting peas: see quot. 1742 dialect. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > sickle > types of
staff-hook?1523
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grass hook1665
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1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman July v. 41 They cut [pease] with their two Instruments, called, in the hither Part of this County, next London, Swipe, and Pix: With the Pix, or Picks, a Man hawls a Parcel to him with his Left-hand, and cuts them with the Swipe in the other Hand.
2.
a. A heavy blow; spec. a driving stroke made with the full swing of the arms, in cricket or golf; transferred one who makes such a stroke. colloquial.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball
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swipe1788
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tonk1922
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking a swinging blow > a swinging stroke or blow
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1788 J. Skinner Christmass Bawing in Caledonian Mag. Sept. 499 Francy Winsy steppit in,..Ran forrat wi' a fearfu' din, And drew a swingeing swype.
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 32 With the cricketers he was accounted a hard swipe, an active field, and a stout bowler.
1862 J. Pycroft Cricket Tutor 44 The favourite swipe is sure to be risked.
1886 Field 4 Sept. 377/1 In driving for Tel-el-Kebir [a golf-hole], Kirk had a long swipe off the tee.
1893 Furnivall Three Kings Sons i. Forewords p. v In all the battles, no one is split in two; no one has his head clean cut off at one swipe.
b. (a) A row or line of corn as it falls when mown; = swath n.1 3 (b) A streak or stripe produced as if by swiping.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > streakiness > streak
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > crop as it falls cut
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swatch1577
lodging1733
swipe1869
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. i. 4 Three good swipes he cut of corn, and laid them right end onwards.
1890 Advance (Chicago) 24 Apr. A long swipe of dirt across her dimpled cheek.
3. A copious draught. dialect.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking deeply or copiously
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willie-waught1826
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swipe1866
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1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) Addit. 231 Swype, knowledge; skill. (2) Demeanour; mein; manner.
II. [Miscellaneous senses of uncertain affiliation.]
4. A groom or stableboy. U.S. slang.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > groom
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ostler boy1864
swipe1929
1929 S. Anderson in Mercury Story Bk. 221 I had taken a job as swipe with one of the two horses Harry was campaigning.
1954 W. Faulkner Fable 178 He hasn't got any money... What little there might have been, that cockney swipe threw away long ago on whores and whisky.
5. An objectionable person; also, such persons considered collective. slang.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > loathsome or unpleasant person
hateful1510
son of a ——?1576
son of a bitch1655
nuisance1661
obnoxity1851
oik1917
knob1920
putz1928
swipe1929
jack-off?1939
jagoff?1939
sumbitch1944
jerko1949
sonofa1950
bloody1960
weeny1964
dick1966
gross-out1966
wank1970
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dickwad1983
dickweed1984
jerkweed1988
knob jockey1989
wankstain1990
ball sack1991
bawbag1999
dicksack1999
1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 138 And do you think it's my business to be handing out money to a lot of inferior swipe?
1944 J. Devanny By Tropic Sea & Jungle xviii. 163 Some swipe has lost the fishing lines.
1951 R. Park Witch's Thorn xiv. 177 His tormentors leapt off him... ‘Bloody little swipes!’ said Mr Mate Solivich.
6. The penis. slang (U.S. Black English).
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis
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Jack1604
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prependent1610
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engine1634
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Roger1689
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dickyc1815
Johnny?1833
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Johnson1863
Peter1870
John Henry1874
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John Thomasc1890
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willy1905
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mickey1909
pencil1916
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Johna1922
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knob1922
tube1922
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pud1927
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whang1928
dong1930
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weenie1939
length1949
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winkle1951
dinger1953
winky1954
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virilia1962
rig1964
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Percy1965
meat tool1966
chopper1967
schlong1967
swipe1967
chode1968
trouser snake1968
ding-a-ling1969
dipstick1970
tonk1970
noonies1972
salami1977
monkey1978
langer1983
wanker1987
1967 ‘I. Slim’ in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out (1972) 389 Slim, pimping ain't no game of love, so prat 'em and keep your swipe outta 'em.
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An electronic device for reading information magnetically encoded on a credit card, identity card, etc., usually incorporating a slot through which the card is passed. Chiefly attributive, esp. in swipe card n. a card for use in such a device. Cf. swipe v. Additions 5.
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society > communication > information > [adjective] > relating to device for reading credit card, etc.
swipe1983
society > communication > information > [noun] > information as processed by machines > device for reading data on credit card, etc.
swipe1983
society > communication > information > [noun] > information as processed by machines > device for reading data on credit card, etc. > card for use in
swipe card1983
1983 Amer. Banker 15 Mar. 17/1 A direct debit system that links a ‘swipe’ card reader and PIN (personal identification number) pad to an electronic cash register.
1986 Amer. Banker 29 Oct. 7/4 Nixdorf Computer Ltd., Hounslow, England, has announced a new identification unit and swipe card reader for users of its 8812-based retail computer systems.
1990 Observer 22 Apr. 35/6 An electronic swipe automatically clears the transaction.
1991 Flight Internat. 9 Oct. 28/1 The advent of seatback screens, already being tested by several airlines, will lead to the provision of telephone and fax services with interactive computer screens being used to sell merchandise through credit-card ‘swipe’ technology.
1992 Gazette (Imperial College) June 3/2 The Mechanical Engineering building will only be open to those with the appropriate ‘swipe card’.
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figurative. A criticism, an antagonistic or provocative remark; (also) a try, an attempt, esp. at solving a problem. Frequently in to take a swipe at.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt
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swipe1892
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lash1941
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play1961
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > instance of > sharp
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quib1656
hitc1668
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shot1841
swipe1892
jab1905
licks1971
1892 Chicago Tribune 15 Apr. 2/3 Jay Hubbell took a swipe at the proposition and it was laid on the table. The convention then adjourned.
a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 296 The gawky choir Of critical cherubs that chirrup and pipe In the weekly press their self-satisfied swipe.
1975 U.S. News & World Rep. 23 June 39 France is taking another broad swipe at inflation.
1987 S. Barr & J. Poppy Flame xxviii. 225 I tried anyway, with another of my earnest swipes at explaining what I did for a living.
2002 Outlook (New Delhi) 23 Sept. 24/1 The RJD chief..found the moment opportune to take a swipe at his political rival.
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swipev.
/swʌɪp/, U.S. /swaɪp/ 1. transitive and intransitive. To drink hastily and copiously; to drink at one gulp. (Cf. to sweep off at sweep v. 6b) slang or colloquial.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink at a gulp
poopc1390
swipe1829
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink at a gulp
gulp1542
gulf1650
swipe1829
slam1982
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Swipe, to drink off to the very bottom.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Swipe, v. to drink the whole at one draught. ‘Swipe it off.’
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 134 At the public, he talks a deal more than he swipes.
2. intransitive.
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a. (See quot. 1825.) Scottish.
b. To strike at with the full swing of the arms; chiefly in cricket (see swipe n.2 2).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > types of stroke
chop1776
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crump1850
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cut1857
swipe1857
glance1898
glide1899
cart1903
nibble1926
on-drive1930
slash1955
cover-drive1960
push1963
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Swipe, v.n. 1. To move circularly, Lanarks. 2. To give a stroke in a semicircular or elliptical form, as when one uses a scythe in cutting down grass.
1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 690/2 Always treat them [sc. ‘shooting-balls’] entirely on the defensive in preference to ‘swipeing away’ at them blindly.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 397 The first ball of the over Jack steps out and meets, swiping with all his force.
1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 638 Wilson was now as bold as a lion, swiping at every ball.
c. transitive. To deal a swinging blow or hit at (esp. in cricket).
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with swinging blow
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke
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middle1954
square-drive1954
tickle1963
square-cut1976
slash1977
splice1982
paddle1986
1851 W. Clarke Pract. Hints Cricket in W. Bolland Cricket Notes vii. 148 Some would shut their eyes at a fast one, but might perchance swipe away a slow one for four.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Swipe, v.a., to hit anything a heavy blow, as a cricket-ball, &c.
1886 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 17 45 A vulgar but strong expression in the South for a severe beating is, ‘He swiped up the very earth with him’, or ‘He swiped the whole thing out’—in these cases meaning about the same as sweep.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) The bat is swung round horizontally, and not in the usual way. A cricketer would say ‘he fairly swiped it off his wicket’.
3. intransitive and transitive = sweep v. 17.
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society > occupation and work > industry > diving or dredging > dive or dredge [verb (intransitive)] > dredge
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society > occupation and work > industry > diving or dredging > dive or dredge [verb (transitive)] > dredge
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1881 Times 22 Dec. 3/6 The men went out for the purpose of swiping for anchors.
1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) xl. 314 Rusty anchors which have been ‘swiped’ up out of the deep.
1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 77 Swiping, raising old anchors for an Admiralty reward.
4. transitive. To steal, ‘appropriate’; to loot. slang (originally U.S.).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)]
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to rap and rendc1415
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to pick up1687
thievea1695
to gipsy away1696
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win1699
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snatch1766
to make off with1768
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to run off1821
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nick1826
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find1865
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snitch1904
pole1906
glom1907
boost1912
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score1914
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to knock off1919
snoop1924
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hoist1931
rabbit1943
to rip off1967
to have off1974
1889 Seattle Post-Intelligencer 5 Dec. 8/1 ‘By adopting this method,’ said the merchant, ‘we can stand back and laugh at their vain attempts to ‘swipe’ our goods.’
1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Swipe (American), to appropriate. Frequently said of actors or exhibitors who take the stage jokes of others, and pass them off for their own.
1896 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 5 Nov. 10/1 There must have been something of interest in the newspaper,..for I notice that somebody has swiped ours.
1900 R. Kipling in Daily Mail 23 Apr. 4/5 He was in luck. Had helped ‘swipe’ a Boer wagon overturned by our shell fire.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxii. 238 You expect me, do you, not only to act as a stooge for you in front of the camera, but to sit smiling in the background while you horn in and swipe my interview.
1946 ‘S. Russell’ To Bed with Grand Music ii. 27 Is there another drink going before you swipe the lot?
1970 T. Roethke Let. 10 June (1970) 263 That beautiful Greek anthology you sent me some student swiped.
1982 Verbatim Autumn 3/1 The hero gallantly sets out to recover the item, which he does after much derring-do—climbing walls, crawling through windows, swiping addresses out of locked desk drawers.
Derivatives
ˈswiping n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking deeply or copiously
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glut1541
carouse1559
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking a swinging blow
swiping1833
society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > weighing anchor > catching and raising anchor
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of batting
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stroke-play1905
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on-driving1948
stroke-making1956
1833 in G. W. Ormerod Ann. Teignbridge Cricket Club (1889) 14 And when he's in the swiping mood, My stars! how Johnny works 'em!
1860 J. Thomson in H. S. Salt Life J. Thomson (1889) ii. 39 O it's then we're on the loose, and the swiping grows profuse, And we drink rivers, lakes, and seas.
1862 J. Pycroft Cricket Tutor 47 As to the Drive, (1) avoid ‘Swiping’, or hitting the ball in the air.
1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) clxi. 314 The process of raising the anchors is called ‘swiping’.
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5. transitive. To pass (a credit card, identity card, etc.) through an electronic device in order to read and process data magnetically encoded on it. Cf. swipe n.2 Additions, wipe v. Additions.
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society > communication > information > [verb (transitive)] > read with electronic device
wipe1985
swipe1986
1986 Chain Store Age Jan. 92/2 When a cashier accepts payments by a VISA credit card, for example, he presses the VISA button on the CAT and swipes the card through the automatic card reader.
1989 Austral. Transport & Distribution Managem. Dec. 16/2 To order a courier, the terminal operator ‘swipes’ a special company plastic card through a reader in the terminal which then automatically dials the computer centre.
1991 Offshore Engineer Sept. (Norway Offshore Suppl.) 18/2 Platform personnel do not need to take any action—such as swiping cards through readers—in order to be logged by the system.
1993 Options Aug. 86/1 Your fitness is assessed and the results transferred by computer to a key card. You then swipe this through the weight machines and they are automatically pre-set for you.
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