wipe
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Is wipe a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of wipe?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)Examples: "Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt."; "I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand."; "Tom started to wipe his eyes."transitive
2. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.Examples: "Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon."; "So the plot is that he wipes half the population?"transitive
3. (transitive) To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.Examples: "You've wiped grease all over your shirt."transitive
4. (obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.Examples: "The English, which they thinke lye still in wayte to wipe them out of theyr landes."; "If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods."obsolete
5. (ambitransitive) To clean (the anus and buttocks) after defecation.Examples: "I had nothing to wipe my bum with."; "Even if you wipe very carefully, you still have to wash your hands afterward."ambitransitive
6. (transitive, computing) To erase.Examples: "I accidentally wiped my hard drive."transitive
noun (English)
1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A handkerchief.Examples: ""Now, my kiveys, shy up your castors, tie your bird's-eye wipes to the stakes, and go to work.""; "All fighting coves you too must know, / Ben Caunt as well as Bendigo, / And to each mill be sure to go, / […] And you must sport a blue billy, / Or a yellow wipe […]"UKobsoleteslang
2. (obsolete) A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.Examples: "I could not help giving Metcalfe a wipe for his lamentations, observing I should have thought he had enough to attend to at home."obsolete
3. (UK, slang, obsolete) A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something.Examples: "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."UKobsoleteslang
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.Examples: "If you try to fight that boss underprepared, you're definitely gonna wipe."intransitive
noun (English)
1. (roleplaying games, video games) An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.Synonyms: TPK
Definition source: Wiktionary