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Wipe

//waɪp// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun

1
The act of wiping something.
"multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk"
2
A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
3
An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
4
the act of rubbing or wiping wordnet
5
A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
"When on a plane or train, don't take anything into the bathroom except baby, a changing pad, a diaper, a travel packet of wipes, and a bottle of hand sanitizer. Always use a wipe on the area before you put your baby down."

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6
A handkerchief. UK, obsolete, slang
""Now, my kiveys, shy up your castors, tie your bird's-eye wipes to the stakes, and go to work.""
7
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.
8
A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe. obsolete
"I could not help giving Metcalfe a wipe for his lamentations, observing I should have thought he had enough to attend to at home."
9
A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something. UK, obsolete, slang
"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."

Verb

1
To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) transitive
"Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt."
2
To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out. intransitive
"If you try to fight that boss underprepared, you're definitely gonna wipe."
3
rub with a circular motion wordnet
4
To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion. transitive
"You've wiped grease all over your shirt."
5
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out. transitive
"Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon."

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6
To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination. ambitransitive
"I had nothing to wipe my bum with."
7
To erase. transitive
"I accidentally wiped my hard drive."
8
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. transitive
9
To remove an expression from one's face. figuratively
"You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in."
10
To deperm (a ship). transitive
11
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."
12
To hit or strike. UK, obsolete, slang
13
To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out. obsolete
"The English, which they thinke lye still in wayte to wipe them out of theyr landes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit वेपते (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Compare Swedish vipa, Danish vibe (“lapwing”).

Etymology 4

From wipe out (verb) and wipeout (noun) by shortening.

Etymology 5

From wipe out (verb) and wipeout (noun) by shortening.

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