Meaning & use
Swiping
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Striking or hitting with a sweeping motion; or moving a finger across a touchscreen or card reader to operate or activate a device.
See it in a sentence
She kept swiping through profiles on the dating app.
The cat was swiping at the dangling string.
A note on using this word
The touchscreen sense became widespread with the rise of smartphones and dating apps in the 2010s.
Words with a similar meaning
sweepingslashingstealing (informal)
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Informally, stealing something.
Someone was swiping snacks from the office kitchen.
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