v. 1 Usually, swipe at. swing at, strike at, hit at, lash out at He swiped away at the golf ball but kept missing it 2 steal, filch, pilfer, purloin, Colloq pinch, lift, snitch, Chiefly Brit nick, whip, snaffle They caught Freddie swiping a bag of mints at Woolworth's
n. 3 swing, strike, clip Ronald took a swipe at the ball with his racket