Definition of "swipe" []

• A sweeping blow or stroke. (noun)
• Informal A critical remark. (noun)
• A lever, especially one that raises the bucket in a well. (noun)
• To hit with a sweeping motion. (verb-transitive)
• To pass (a swipe card) through an electronic reader. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "To swipe from a southern naming tradition, the daughter usually gets her paternal grandmother’s maiden name as a middle name."
• "The Fed proposal would cap the debit-card transaction fees, also called swipe fees or interchange fees, at 12 cents per transaction, a significant drop from the current 44-cent-per-transaction average that would eat into banks' debit-card fee profits."
• "The financial industry seems to be turning to Plan B: urging the Fed to revamp its plan to limit the debit-card fees known as swipe fees or interchange fees."