Swipe /(?)/

1. A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.

   Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields.

3. Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, Eng.]

imp. & p. p. Swiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swiping

1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.

   Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum.

2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.]