wipe
pronunciation
How to pronounce wipe in British English:
UK [waɪp]
How to pronounce wipe in American English:
US [waɪp]
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- Noun:
- the act of rubbing or wiping
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- Verb:
- rub with a circular motion
Word Origin
- wipe (n.)
- 1640s, "act of wiping," from wipe (v.). From 1708 as "something used in wiping" (especially a handkerchief); 1971 as "disposable absorbent tissue."
- wipe (v.)
- Old English wipian "to wipe, cleanse," from Proto-Germanic *wipjan "to move back and forth" (cognates: Danish vippe, Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen, Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble" (source of Latin vibrare "to shake;" see vibrate).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Just don t forget to wipe your feet .
- 2. Use a fresh towel every time you wipe your face .
- 3. For if april 's by-election results were repeated nationally in 2015 , the nld would wipe the usdp from the map .
- 4. He could not even wipe the saliva from his own face .
- 5. Sometimes all it takes is a wipe with a damp rag .