SWIPED Synonyms: 198 Similar and Opposite Words

swiped

verb

past tense of swipe

as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something a blindfolded partygoer swiping at the piñata with a stick spent most of the camping trip swiping mosquitos

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as in slapped

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner that car just swiped the fender of our car

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as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep somebody swiped the stop sign that used to be on the corner left his phone at the library and it got swiped

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Recent Examples of swiped Had his hands ready, swiped his hands down, dug out, looked for the ball. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Government benefit cards usually need to be swiped, putting them at a disadvantage. — Laura Geller, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 That record of 70 is shared by Jacoby Ellsbury, who accomplished the feat in the majors in 2009, and David Hamilton, who swiped the same total at Double-A in 2022. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026 Layered into lasagna, stuffed into pierogies, and swiped onto toast, there are so many ways to revel in the curds. — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Aug. 2026 Miami has swiped at least two bases in a game 35 times this season. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 Three different players swiped a base, and the defense was generally crisp. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 In his first 50 days on the job, Gansey has now swiped three players that could have helped his old team, including Dean Wade. — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 25 July 2026 One person noted that their work badge must be swiped or inspected multiple times to enter the building. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

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Even if Claude had bumped the number all the way to 100 percent, the LLM wouldn’t be eligible for the $1 million.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
The company recently completed the purchase of Curtis Instruments , announced two pending deals and bumped its annual dividend by 11%, marking 70 consecutive years of increases.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of bumped

Verb

Later in the series, Shah finds himself getting slapped in the face.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Slapping and/or being slapped was one of Oliver’s handful of requests for his soap opera appearance, along with playing a character with a ridiculous name, and wearing an equally ridiculous wig.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

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Four years before the Falcon 9 upper stage crashed near Einstein Crater, for example, part of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket slammed into the moon's far side.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Danon slammed anti-Israel critics for relying on fake terrorist data while Hamas actively hijacked and marked up aid.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of slammed

Verb

The highlight of the two going up against each other came when Shough threw a ball up for grabs along the right sideline that Olave came down with, but Downs knocked it out at the last second.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Police surrounded the area, knocked repeatedly and called Brown by name, but no one answered.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked

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During Sturgeon’s speech, the board walked out and took a brief recess after board President Charles Cush repeatedly banged his gavel and told Sturgeon his speaking time expired.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
That looked like all Boise would need until Madison’s Aaron Edwards banged home a world-class equalizer in the 83rd minute, firing a shot from the left edge of the box and tucking it inside the right post.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of banged

Verb

Taylor Trammell then smacked his first triple of the year off the brick wall in right field before Allen sent him home with the go-ahead run off Keaton Winn (2-3).

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
When Cunningham went up, Carrington jumped and smacked her in the face.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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