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wipe

UK/waɪp/ US/ˈwaɪp/ common slang uk
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

rub with a circular motion

  • “wipe the blackboard”
  • “He passed his hands over the soft cloth”
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noun

1.

the act of rubbing or wiping

  • “he gave the hood a quick rub”
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Origin

From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit वेपते (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.

Phrases

  • baby wipe
  • barn door wipe
  • clock wipe
  • data wipe
  • flip wipe
  • sanitizing wipe
  • sky the wipe
  • wet wipe

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