swipe English
Verb
( swip)
To steal or snatch.
- Hey! Who swiped my lunch?
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- "Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime."
To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.
- He swiped his card at the door.
To grab or bat quickly.
- The cat swiped at the shoelace.
Noun
(countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; A sweep.
(countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
(countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- Take a swipe at the answer, even if you're not sure.
(uncountable) Poor, weak beer; small beer.
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rabbit Etymology 1
From (etyl) rabet, from (etyl) dialect (compare (etyl) dialect rabbotte, . More at (l).
Noun
( en noun)
A mammal of the family Leporidae , with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
(lb) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
(lb) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
Synonyms
(animal)
* bunny (hypocoristic'', ''colloquial'', ''pet name )
* bunny rabbit (hypocoristic'', ''colloquial'', ''pet name )
* coney, cony (dialect )
Derived terms
* breed like rabbits
* bunny rabbit
* fuck like rabbits
* jackrabbit
* kill the rabbit
* pull a rabbit out of the hat
* rabbit's foot
* rabbity
* the rabbit died
* Welsh rabbit
Verb
To hunt rabbits.
(US) To flee.
- ''The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit .
Synonyms
* (to flee): run off, scamper, bolt
See also
* buck
* cottontail
* doe
* hare
* kitten
* warren
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Etymology 2
From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork , to talk.
Verb
(British) To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
- Stop your infernal rabbiting ! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!
- Commonly used in the form "to rabbit on"
Synonyms
* (to talk incessantly and childishly): babble, blather, prattle, ,
See also
* chew the fat
* chew the cud (British)
* shoot the breeze (US)
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