swipe

¹swipe

noun \ˈswīp\

Definition of SWIPE

1

: a strong sweeping blow <a swipe of a paw>

2

: a sharp often critical remark <took a parting swipe at management>

Examples of SWIPE

1. She took a swipe at her former company in her latest column.
2. a swipe of the cat's paw

Origin of SWIPE

probably alteration of sweep

First Known Use: 1739

Related to SWIPE

Synonyms: bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, ¹blow, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)

Related Words: counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping

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Rhymes with SWIPE

Cuyp, gripe, hype, pipe, ripe, snipe, stipe, stripe, tripe, type, wipe