Definitions for wipe

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wipe wipe

Spelling: [wahyp]

IPA: /waɪp/

Wipe is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in wipe (eipw).

Definitions for wipe

noun

1. an act of wiping:
2. a rub, as of one thing over another.
3. Also called wipe-off. Movies. a technique in film editing by which the projected image of a scene appears to be pushed or wiped off the screen by the image that follows.
4. a piece of absorbent material, as of paper or cloth, used for wiping.
5. a sweeping stroke or blow.
6. a gibe.
7. Machinery. wiper (def 5).
8. Slang. a handkerchief.

Verb phrases

1. wipe out, to destroy completely; demolish: Informal. to murder; kill: Slang. to beat decisively, as in sports. Slang. (in sports) to be taken out of competition by a fall, accident, collision, etc. Slang. to intoxicate or cause to become high, especially on narcotic drugs.
2. wipe up, to clean completely by wiping:

verb (used with object)

1. to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of:
2. to rub or draw (something) over a surface, as in cleaning or drying.
3. to remove by rubbing with or on something (usually followed by away, off, out, etc.):
4. to remove as if by rubbing (usually followed by away, off, etc.):
5. to erase, as from existence or memory (often followed by from):
6. to erase (magnetic tape, a recording, etc.) to delete the entire contents and settings of (a digital storage device, mobile device, etc.):
7. Plumbing. to apply (solder in a semifluid state) by spreading with leather or cloth over the part to be soldered. to form (a joint) in this manner.
8. Machinery. (of a rotating shaft or the like) to melt the brasses of (a bearing) through friction.
9. Australian Slang. to refuse to have anything to do with; reject; dismiss.

Origin of wipe

before 1000; Middle English (v.), Old English wīpian; cognate with Old High German wīfan to wind round, Gothic weipan to crown; perhaps akin to Latin vibrāre to move to and fro

Examples for wipe

Some locations even employ chlorine mats that service members are required to wipe their feet on in order to enter.

When it is done, take it out, lay it on its claws to drain, and then wipe it dry.

As Kate was driven away, she appeared to wipe a tear from her eye.

An agent insisted they proceed anyway and she asked to go to the bathroom, apparently to wipe the stuff off her hands.

Clean two fine fresh mackerel, and wipe them dry with a cloth.

In the winter, they can shield drivers from the annoyance of having to wipe snow and ice off their windshields.

But the way they'll find it out will be in an explosion that will wipe them out.

Then wipe the meat carefully and brown it on all sides in the fat.

The trucking roads make it easier for predators to wipe out prey.

wipe them with a dry cloth, and season them with salt and cayenne pepper.