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wipe-out|ˈwaɪpaʊt|
[f. vbl. phr. to wipe out: see wipe v. 6.]
1. Radio. The condition in which a strong received signal renders impossible the reception of other signals (either wanted ones or interference).
1921Wireless World IX. 13/1 With radiotelephony the case is worse, as the wipe out is continuous if it occurs at all. 1929Encycl. Brit. IV. 218/2 Within a ‘wipe-out’ area uninterrupted service can be guaranteed, unless the interference is produced by listeners themselves. 1940Amateur Radio Handbk. (ed. 2) x. 160/1 There are three types of interference that may be caused in neighbouring receivers working on broadcast waves, by an amateur telegraphy transmitter. First, the ‘wipe-out’ effect, where the signal from the transmitter ‘blocks’ the receiver due to either the excessive field strength of the transmitter, or the inselectivity of the receiver, or both.
2. Surfing. A fall from one's surfboard as a result of a collision with another surfer or a wave. Cf. wipe v. 6 i. slang.
1962Austral. Women's Weekly 24 Oct. Suppl. 3/4 Wipeout, a dramatic fall off a board when a rider is trying to catch a wave. 1963[see surfie]. 1969Observer 3 Aug. 33/1 The biggest danger always lies in a ‘wipe-out’, with a loose board which may hit the rider or other surfers. 1970People (Austral.) 26 Aug. 20/1 One bad wipeout—at Sunset Beach, Hawaii—earned him broken ribs.
3. Destruction, annihilation; a killing; a crushing defeat; an overwhelming experience. slang (orig. U.S.).
1968Sun (Baltimore) 7 July 5/2 Charlie is 1810. We had a wipeout... Translation. Girl: Charlie is old news. We broke up. 1971J. Henderson Copperhead vi. 71 Less than thirty-six hours to incapacitate 85 percent of the population. The remaining 15 percent would take a little more than a week. Strategically it would be a wipe-out. 1972Jazz & Blues Sept. 8/1 When I heard Art it was a wipeout. He just wiped me out man. 1977Daily Mirror 12 Apr. 27/7 A record 140,000 [motor-cycling] fans have watched the embarrassing wipe-out by 410 points to 379. 1979L. Meyer False Front iii. 24 This is something like the wipeout of a personal fortune. 1984‘M. Hebden’ Pel & Pirates xviii. 143 Think it was a gang wipe-out, Patron? |