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verb

Wipe v. t. (past & past part. wiped; pres. part. wiping)

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. (Obs.) "If they by coveyne (covin) or gile be wiped beside their goods."

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)

noun

Wipe n. (Zool.) The lapwing. (Prov. Eng.)

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.

4.

A handkerchief. (Thieves' Cant or Slang)

5.

Stain; brand. (Obs.) "Slavish wipe."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wipe" Quotes from Famous Books

... had always an air of doubt and indecision. Then, he was excessively dirty in his person and practice: he carried a considerable territory beneath his nails; smelt equally strongly of the laboratory and the stable; would wipe his hands on the patient's sheets, and wherever he went left horrid marks of his whereabouts: he was very fond of good eating and much drinking, and would neglect the best customer that ever was sick, when tempted ...

— The Kellys and the O'Kellys • Anthony Trollope

... and I would sit in it as my parent was wont to do, selling and buying in sumptuous Hindi cloths and jewelry and precious metals. Accordingly I repaired to the place, which I found fast locked and the spider had pitched her web-tent about it; so I hired a man to wipe it and sweep it clean of all that was therein. And when the Bazar folk and the merchants and the masters of shops saw me they rejoiced in me and came to congratulate me saying, 'Praise be to Allah who opened not the store save for the owner thereof ...

— Supplemental Nights, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton

... to the kitchen and set us to work. First we both peeled potatoes. Then he set us doin' all sorts of things, carryin' dishes, bringin' his terbaker, and I had to carry water; and finally he made me wipe dishes which a girl was washin'. And such a lot of swearin' you never heard in your life. The cook was singin' a song which went somethin' like this, as ...

— Mitch Miller • Edgar Lee Masters

... bad! Wait till I wipe it off," and he dragged a week-old handkerchief from his pocket. Then seeing that the Texan took no notice of the attention, he added, ...

— A List To Starboard - 1909 • F. Hopkinson Smith

... that must proclaim our nakedness and impotence. I would not willingly recur to that womanish vision of something may turn up in our favour! That something must be a naval victory that will annihilate at once all the squadrons of Europe—must wipe off forty millions of new debt—reconcile the affections of America, that for six years we have laboured to alienate; and that must recall out of the grave the armies and sailors that are perished- -and that must make thirteen provinces willing to receive the law, without the necessity ...

— Letters of Horace Walpole, V4 • Horace Walpole

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