Explore Swipe through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like stroke or nobble. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Swipe meaning
- To grab or bat quickly.
- To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
Synonyms of Swipe
Using Swipe
- The main meaning on this page is: To grab or bat quickly. | To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion. | To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- Useful related words include: stroke, nobble, filch, sneak.
- In the example corpus, swipe often appears in combinations such as: swipe at, took swipe, swipe up.
Context around Swipe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Swipe
- In this selection, "swipe" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, left, diagonal, meal, left, down and lets stand out and add context to how "swipe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a diagonal swipe down and a diagonal swipe up and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "swipe" sits close to words such as ah, awaits and berkshire, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with swipe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Swipe left, swipe left, swipe right. (6 words)
Swipe, swipe, swipe and — well, he’s cute. (8 words)
A lot of people might swipe left for narcissists, too, so where does politics fit in? (16 words)
Muscle memory means I open the Drawer and swipe up again to scroll through the list of apps, but the setup here means, instead, I swipe, type something by accident, and then have to tap and clear the search bar before finding my app. (44 words)
Taunton uses her plus one meal swipe as a part of her meal plan for any non-dining hall purchase and only dips into Flex by a few cents when her meal exceeds $8.50 — the amount a single meal swipe covers. (42 words)
Ahead of Corberan facing his old club, his counterpart Warnock has given his take on Huddersfield's 21/22 campaign - while also taking a swipe at the Spaniard, insisting he must have had a good agent to land the Albion job. (41 words)
A lot of people might swipe left for narcissists, too, so where does politics fit in? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Swipe down from your clock face to access your Quick Settings, swipe up to view your apps, swipe right to see your notifications, and swipe left to cycle through your tiles.
Swipe, swipe, swipe and — well, he’s cute.
By default, three actions are recognized: a horizontal swipe to the center, a diagonal swipe up, and a diagonal swipe down.
If you swipe left or right on a chat on the Home screen, you will see some options – left swipe lets you remove the friend from the list of close friends while the right swipe opens chat camera.
Swipe left, swipe left, swipe right.
Muscle memory means I open the Drawer and swipe up again to scroll through the list of apps, but the setup here means, instead, I swipe, type something by accident, and then have to tap and clear the search bar before finding my app.
To do this, swipe up and hold from the bottom of the iPhone screen (or double press the home button on older iPhones), and swipe up on the Mail app to close it.
Taunton uses her plus one meal swipe as a part of her meal plan for any non-dining hall purchase and only dips into Flex by a few cents when her meal exceeds $8.50 — the amount a single meal swipe covers.
Changing the swipe options: You can also change what happens when you swipe left or right in Settings.
Just swipe from left to right to reveal it, then swipe up and down to see the default contents.
Tinder, the dating app that made ‘swipe right’ and ‘swipe left’ part of our everyday lexicon, is winning the hearts of couples and advertisers alike.
Swipe right to see the different modes, swipe up on the viewfinder to access a Pro manual mode, and use the buttons across the top to activate the wide-aperture and portrait features.
Users can swipe up from the bottom centre of the display to go to Home, swipe up from the left or right side of the bottom of the display to go back.
African National Congress (ANC) MP Mina Lesoma, however, took a swipe at opposition parties for their tendency to frequently call for ad hoc committees.
Ahead of Corberan facing his old club, his counterpart Warnock has given his take on Huddersfield's 21/22 campaign - while also taking a swipe at the Spaniard, insisting he must have had a good agent to land the Albion job.
All of the videos on his FYP (which he was frantically trying to swipe past) were all of very young-looking women in swimwear.
All you need to do is swipe the cream-to-powder formula on your lids with your fingers for a bold, pop of color that's multidimensional and fun.
A lot of people might swipe left for narcissists, too, so where does politics fit in?
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being apparently prompted by party colleague Jairam Ramesh during a press conference.
A swipe from their melee weapons, projectile attacks and grapples now see him defeated rather than injured or merely inconvenienced.
Common combinations with swipe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- swipe at 76×
- took swipe 31×
- swipe up 21×
- swipe left 17×
- to swipe 15×
- taking swipe 10×
- swipe down 9×
- and swipe 9×
- swipe right 7×
- just swipe 7×