Thesaurus: wipe

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1. n. The lapwing.
2. v. t. To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.
3. v. t. To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively.
4. v. t. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out.
5. n. Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.
6. n. A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe.
7. n. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.
8. n. A handkerchief.
9. n. Stain; brand.
10. n. the act of rubbing or wiping
11. v. rub with a circular motion
12. The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.] 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] 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.