wipe

Fetched 2026-10-27 (live).

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Verb

1. To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface.
   • Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.
   • I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.
   • Tom started to wipe his eyes.
2. To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
   • You've wiped grease all over your shirt.
3. To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
4. To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
   • I had nothing to wipe my bum with.
   • Even if you wipe very carefully, you still have to wash your hands afterward.
5. To erase.
   • I accidentally wiped my hard drive.
6. 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.
7. To remove an expression from one's face.
   • You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.
8. To deperm (a ship).
9. To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is a layer being slid off the other.
10. To hit or strike.
11. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.

Noun

1. The act of wiping something.
   • multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk
2. A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
3. A handkerchief.
4. A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
5. A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.
6. A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something.

Noun

1. A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

Verb

1. To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
   • If you try to fight that boss underprepared, you're definitely gonna wipe.

Noun

1. An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.

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