Category:Wipe

Wipe, n. Etym: [cf. Sw. vipa, dan. vibe, the lapwing.] (zoöl.)

Defn: the lapwing. [prov. Eng.]

Wipe Wipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Wiping.] Etym: [oe. Vipen, as. wipian; cf. Lg. wiep a wisp of straw, sw. vepa to wrap up, To cuddle one's self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to e. 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. Shak. I will wipe jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning It upside down. 2 kings xxi. 13.

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." Shak. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon. Milton.

3. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out. [obs.] Spenser. If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods. Robynson (more's utopia) 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 Wipe, n.

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. [obs.] "slavish wipe." Shak.