OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 15127

swipe

/swaɪp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
deslizar • pasar
To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
He swiped his card at the door.
deslizar
To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
Swipe left to hide the toolbar.
This is the iPhone lock screen with its default Earth wallpaper. To unlock your phone, swipe the slider from left to right.
afanar • chorear • chorearse • choricear • chorizar • robar
To steal or snatch.
Hey! Who swiped my lunch?
“From Miss Hemmingway. Miss Hemmingway! But—but how did they come into her possession?” “How?” I said. “Because she jolly well stole them. Pinched them! Swiped them! […]”