swipe

1. (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.Examples: "The cat swiped at the shoelace."intransitive

2. (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.transitive

3. (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.Examples: "He swiped his card at the door."transitive

4. (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.Examples: "Swipe left to hide the toolbar."; "This is the iPhone lock screen with its default Earth wallpaper. To unlock your phone, swipe the slider from left to right."; "But really, she is just over it all: the swiping, the monotonous getting-to-know-you conversations and the self-doubt that creeps in when one of her matches fizzles."intransitivetransitive

5. (transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.Examples: "Zac Efron needs a date. […] But would the actor resort to apps to find a partner? Joking, he said, “Amazingly, when I signed up for Tinder, nobody swiped me! They thought it was fake … That never happened.”"; "Yas (Vivian Oparah): That is your truth. And, by the way, your man swiped me on Tinder, like, a week ago. […] Eric (Benjamin Sarpong-Broni): Mmm, no, I didn't. I didn't swipe you. […] Or anybody. […] I didn't swipe her."informaltransitive

6. (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.Examples: "Hey! Who swiped my lunch?"; "“From Miss Hemmingway. Miss Hemmingway! But—but how did they come into her possession?” “How?” I said. “Because she jolly well stole them. Pinched them! Swiped them! […]”"; "Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime."Synonyms: pinch, steal, abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bash and grabinformaltransitive