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swipe

/sˈwaɪp/SWYP
/sˈwaɪp/SWYP

Meaningto beat

Common meaning: hit with a sweeping blow

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishswipian‘to scourge’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishswippensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto scourge → hit with a sweeping blowswipe‘hit with a sweeping blow’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English swipian ‘to beat’.

Roots

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