Swipe

n.	1.	A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
	2.	A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. - R. A. Proctor.
	3.	Poor, weak beer; small beer.
v. t.	1.	To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball. [imp. & p. p. Swiped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swiping.] Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. - R. A. Proctor.
	2.	To pluck; to snatch; to steal.

Noun	1.	swipe - a sweeping stroke or blow
Verb	1.	swipe - strike with a swiping motion
	2.	swipe - make off with belongings of others Synonyms: cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, pinch, sneak, hook, lift

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