Sekirov Dictionary

wipe

/waɪp/

verb 12
noun 8
forms 5
phrases 9

verb12

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to pass a hand or a piece of material over something to take away dirt or water
- Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.
- I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.
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To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
- Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon. — 1667
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To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
- I had nothing to wipe my bum with.
- Even if you wipe very carefully, you still have to wash your hands afterward.
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(figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.
- You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.
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To erase.
- I accidentally wiped my hard drive.
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To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
- You've wiped grease all over your shirt.
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To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
- If you try to fight that boss underprepared, you're definitely gonna wipe.
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To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is a layer being slid off the other.
- Steve-O tells the camera, “Don’t worry; the next skit’s gonna be amazing”; he then pretends to grab the side of the screen, which “wipes” to the next shot. — 2018
To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
To deperm (a ship).
(slang, no longer used) To hit or strike.
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(no longer used) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
- The English, which they thinke lye still in wayte to wipe them out of theyr landes. — 1596

noun8

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The act of wiping something.
- multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk
A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
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(slang, no longer used) A handkerchief.
- "Now, my kiveys, shy up your castors, tie your bird's-eye wipes to the stakes, and go to work." — 1883
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(no longer used) A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.
- I could not help giving Metcalfe a wipe for his lamentations, observing I should have thought he had enough to attend to at home. — 1808
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(slang, no longer used) A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something.
- He rode close up to a French officer, and so much in advance of his men that the Frenchman thought he was going to surrender, and dropped his sword, when Penrice gave him a wipe over his head. — 1894

forms

wiped · wiping · wipes · wipeth · wipest

Phrases with wipe

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