wipe /wīp/

1. To clean or dry by rubbing with a cloth, on a mat, etc
2. To remove by wiping (with away, off, out, up)
3. To pass (eg a cloth) across something to clean or dry it, etc
4. To rub (a liquid, etc) onto a surface
5. To apply solder to (eg a joint between two lengths of lead piping) with a piece of cloth or leather
6. To strike (informal)
7. To clear (magnetic tape) of its content or erase (the content) from magnetic tape
8. To pass (a credit or debit card, etc) through an electronic reading terminal (see also swipe)
9. To eradicate or eliminate
10. To cancel, forget, scrub (informal)
11. To reject (a person; Aust)

1. The act of cleaning by rubbing
2. A blow, a swipe
3. A brand, a scar (Shakespeare)
4. A sarcasm, a gibe (obsolete)
5. A handkerchief (old slang)
6. A piece of (esp specially treated) fabric or tissue for wiping and cleaning
7. A style of film editing in which the picture on the screen appears to be pushed or wiped off the screen by the following one

wipeˈable adjective

wīˈper noun

1. Someone who wipes, esp a cleaner in certain industrial jobs
2. Something that wipes or is used for wiping
3. A mechanism attached to a rotating or oscillating part that causes forwards-and-backwards motion in another part (weaving)
4. A cam or tappet
5. A moving arm or other conducting device for making a selected contact out of a number of possible connections (elec)
6. (also windˈscreen-wiper) a mechanical arm that swings to and fro across a windscreen to clear it of rain, etc

wīˈping noun

1. The act of cleaning, rubbing, erasing, etc
2. A thrashing

wipeˈ-clean adjective

(of a plastic, etc surface) easily cleaned by wiping

wipeout /wīˈpowt/ noun

1. A fall from a surfboard, skateboard or skis, etc, esp a spectacular one (slang)
2. A complete failure or disaster (informal)
3. The interruption of one radio signal by another, making reception impossible

wiped out (informal)

1. Exhausted, weary, dead-beat
2. Financially ruined

wipe out

1. To obliterate, annihilate or abolish
2. To kill or murder (informal)
3. To fall from a surfboard, skis, etc (slang)

wipe the floor with see under floor

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