Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Swipe

Swipe , noun

[Compare Sweep, Swiple.]

1.
A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
2.
A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. — R. A. Proctor
3.
Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, English] — Craig

Swipe , transitive verb

1.
To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.
Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. — R. A. Proctor
2.
To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, United States]