All swipe synonyms
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- brickbat β Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- call down β to request or invoke
- fisticuff β a cuff or blow with the fist.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- bonk β If two people bonk, they have sexual intercourse.
- knock β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- ko β a knockout in boxing.
- foolery β foolish action or conduct.
- flak β antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
- zapper β to kill or shoot.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- abstract β An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- blindside β If you say that you were blindsided by something, you mean that it surprised you in a negative way.
- whomp β a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
- whop β to strike forcibly.
- zinger β a quick, witty, or pointed remark or retort: During the debate she made a couple of zingers that deflated the opposition.
- kos β a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- buffoonery β Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
- criticism β the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- gibe β to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
verb swipe
- curl one's lip β to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- copping β the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- kipe β An osier basket used for catching fish.
- loot β spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- highjack β to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
- make with β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- heist β a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- housebreak β to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- nab β to arrest or capture.
- impose on β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- filch β to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
- accroach β to assume to oneself without right or authority; usurp.
- lofted β a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- mooch β to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- confiscate β If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- copped β to catch; nab.
- housebreaking β to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- nip β to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- lofting β a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- defalcate β to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- moonlighting β the light of the moon.
- assume β If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- muscle in β a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- heisting β a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- lay hold of β to seize or grasp
- housebroken β (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.