Definition of "wipe" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)

   • 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. (transitive) To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.

   • You've wiped grease all over your shirt.

3. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.

4. (ambitransitive) To clean (the anus and buttocks) after defecation.

   • I had nothing to wipe my bum with.
   • Even if you wipe very carefully, you still have to wash your hands afterward.

5. (transitive, computing) To erase.

   • I accidentally wiped my hard drive.

6. (transitive, 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.

7. (figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.

   • You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.

8. (transitive) To deperm (a ship).

9. (video editing) 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. (UK, slang, obsolete) To hit or strike.

11. (obsolete) 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. (UK, slang, obsolete) 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. (obsolete) A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.

   • I could not help giving Metcalfe a wipe for his lamentations, observing I should have thought he had enough to attend to at home.

6. (UK, slang, obsolete) A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something.

noun

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