Wipe
Wipe , noun
[Compare Swedish vipa, Danish vibe, the lapwing.]
(Zoology) The lapwing. [Provincial English]
Wipe , transitive verb
[Old English vipen, Anglo-Saxon wīpian; compare LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Swedish vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one's self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to English whip.]
1.
To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.
Let me wipe thy face.
I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
2.
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively.
To wipe out our ingratitude.
Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.
3.
To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out. [Obsolete] — Spenser
If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods.
Collocations (2)
To wipe a joint (Plumbing) , to make a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
To wipe the nose of , to cheat. [Old Slang]
Wipe , noun
1.
Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.
2.
A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. [Low]
3.
A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. — Swift
4.
A handkerchief. [Thieves' Cant or Slang]
5.
Stain; brand. [Obsolete]
Slavish wipe.