swipe

noun

1. a lever or handle
2. Informal
   1. a hard, sweeping blow
   2. a sweeping motion: give the table a swipe with a rag
3. Informal a groom for horses, esp. at a racetrack

Origin: prob. var. of sweep

transitive verb swiped, swiping

1. Informal
   1. to hit with a hard, sweeping blow
   2. to wipe with a sweeping motion
2. ☆ Slang to steal; pilfer
3. to pass (a credit card or other magnetically encoded card) across or through an electronic device that reads it

Origin: < ? ON svipa, to whip, make a swift motion, akin to swoop

intransitive verb