Definitions for wiper

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wiper wip·er

Spelling: [wahy-per]

IPA: /ˈwaɪ pər/

Wiper is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in wiper (eiprw).

Definitions for wiper

noun

1. a person or thing that wipes.
2. the thing with which something is wiped, as a towel, handkerchief, or squeegee.
3. windshield wiper.
4. Electricity. the portion of a selector or other similar device that makes contact with the terminals of a bank.
5. Also, wipe. Machinery. a projection or partial cam, as on a rotating shaft, moving to lift or dislodge another part, especially so as to let it drop when released.

Origin of wiper

First recorded in 1545-50; wipe + -er¹

Examples for wiper

I should say so, or 'e'd 'ave hevery tooth hout in their 'eds, the wiper.

Nor did Soda Springs know how desperate the wiper's extremity had become.

The wiper is cautioned to move the ladle constantly while dropping the solder.

The bib is laid on an angle of 45° pointing away from the wiper.

The wiper of the other disk D has a wire connection with the wire M.

With the aid of wiper Ralph soon got the dummy ready for action.

Supporting the pipes in this way will allow the wiper perfect freedom.

He didn't sky the wiper when his beezer was bleeding, anyway!

Captain Smith said he knew him—the wiper—and that's what made me so green.

Lin cautioned "Al-f-u-r-d" to shun Cousin Charley as he would a "wiper."