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Definition wipe

Etymology 1

From Middle English wipen, from Old English w?pian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-Germanic *w?p?n? (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic ?????? (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English sw?fan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit ????? (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.

Verb

wipe (third-person singular simple present wipes, present participle wiping, simple past and past participle wiped)

1. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
2. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
3. (obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
4. (transitive, computing) To erase.
5. (transitive, plumbing) 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.
6. (figuratively) To remove an expression from one's face.
7. (transitive) To deperm (a ship).

Noun

wipe (plural wipes)

1. The act of wiping something.
2. A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
3. 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.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

wipe (plural wipes)

1. The lapwing.

Etymology 3

From wipe out by shortening.

Verb

wipe (third-person singular simple present wipes, present participle wiping, simple past and past participle wiped)

1. (intransitive, role-playing games, video games) To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.

Noun

wipe (plural wipes)

1. (role-playing games, video games) An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.

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