swipe

swipe
1.
(coll.)intransitive verb

swipe at — eindreschen auf (+ Akk.) (ugs.)

2. transitive verb
1) (hit hard) knallen (ugs.)
2) (coll.): (steal) klauen (ugs.)
3)

swipe the card through the swipe reader — die Karte durch das [Karten]lesegerät ziehen

3. noun
1)

take a wild swipe at something — wild auf etwas (Akk.) losschlagen

2) (device) [Karten]lesegerät, das
* * *
1. verb
(to hit hard: She swiped the tennis ball over the net; He swiped at the wasp but didn't hit it.) hart schlagen
2. noun
(a hard hit: She gave the child a swipe.) harter Schlag
* * *
swipe
[swaɪp]
I. vi schlagen
▪ to \swipe at sth nach etw dat schlagen
II. vt
1. (swat)
▪ to \swipe sb BRIT jdn [hart] schlagen
she \swiped him round the head sie gab ihm ein paar hinter die Ohren
2. esp AM (graze)
▪ to \swipe sth car etw streifen
3. (fam: steal)
▪ to \swipe sth etw klauen [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. mitgehen lassen] fam
▪ to \swipe sth magnetic card etw durchziehen [o einlesen
III. n Schlag m
to take a \swipe at sb/sth auf jdn/etw losschlagen; (fig) zum Schlag gegen jdn/etw ausholen; (criticize) jdn/etw kritisieren
* * *
[swaɪp]
1. n
(= blow) Schlag m

to take or make a swipe at sb/sth — nach jdm/etw schlagen; ( fig

2. vt
1) person, ball etc schlagen

he swiped the wasp with the towel — er schlug mit dem Handtuch auf die Wespe

2) (inf: steal) mopsen (inf), klauen (inf)
3) credit card einlesen, durchziehen; entry card durchziehen
3. vi

to swipe at sb/sth — nach jdm/etw schlagen

* * *
swipe [swaıp]
A s
1. umg harter Schlag, (Pranken- etc) Hieb m:
give sb a swipe round the ear umg jemandem eins hinter die Ohren geben
2. Ziehstange f (eines Ziehbrunnens)
3. pl Br sl (besonders Dünn)Bier n
B v/t
1. eine Kreditkarte etc durch den Leseschlitz ziehen
2. SPORT umg den Ball dreschen
3. sl klauen
C v/i swipe at umg schlagen nach:
swipe away at einschlagen auf (akk)
* * *
1.
(coll.)intransitive verb

swipe at — eindreschen auf (+ Akk.) (ugs.)

2. transitive verb
1) (hit hard) knallen (ugs.)
2) (coll.): (steal) klauen (ugs.)
3)

swipe the card through the swipe reader — die Karte durch das [Karten]lesegerät ziehen

3. noun
1)

take a wild swipe at something — wild auf etwas (Akk.) losschlagen

2) (device) [Karten]lesegerät, das
* * *
v.
klauen v.

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