Swaip
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sideswipe — side|swipe1 [ saıd,swaıp ] verb transitive AMERICAN if one vehicle sideswipes another vehicle, their sides touch quickly because one is trying to go past the other and gets too close sideswipe side|swipe 2 [ saıd,swaıp ] noun count a criticism… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
swipe — swipe1 [ swaıp ] verb 1. ) transitive INFORMAL to steal something: Hey, someone swiped my wallet! 2. ) intransitive or transitive to swing your arm and hit or try to hit someone or something, using your hand or an object: She swiped him hard on… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
swipe — swipe1 [swaıp] v [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from sweep] 1.) [I and T] to hit or to try to hit someone or something by swinging your arm or an object very quickly ▪ She swiped me across the face. swipe at ▪ He jumped forward, intending to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
schweifen — Vsw (früher Vst.) std. (8. Jh.), mhd. sweifen, ahd. sweifen, as. swēpan Stammwort. Aus g. * swaip a Vst. (reduplizierend) schwingen , auch in anord. sveipa (mit verschiedenen Nebenformen), ae. swāpan, afr. swēpene das Fegen . Neben anderen… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
swipe — (n.) 1807, a driving stroke made with the arms in full swing, perhaps a dialectal variant of sweep, or in part from obsolete swip a stroke, blow (c.1200), from P.Gmc. *swip , related to O.E. swipu a stick, whip. Other possible sources or… … Etymology dictionary
sweype — sweyr, sweyre, sweyt(e, sweythyli, swferane, swhyve: see swaip Obs., sweer a., swear, sweet, swithly, sovereign, swive … Useful english dictionary
