swipes

American  

[swahyps] / swaɪps /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. poor, watery, or spoiled beer.

2. malt liquor in general, especially beer and small beer.

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swipes British  

/ swaɪps /

plural noun

1. slang beer, esp when poor or weak

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Etymology

Origin of swipes

1780–90; noun plural use of swipe to drink down at one gulp, variant of sweep ¹

Example Sentences

Three quick swipes of the card later, and we were in the official Glitch room.

From Literature

Grandpa handed me the net, and just to get used to it, I made a few swipes with it.

From Literature

The selloff began after Anthropic announced that its Claude Code tool could automate the modernization of COBOL, a decades-old programming language that underpins most ATM transactions and in-person credit card swipes.

From Barron's

“And you feel the need to share this with us because…?” Camille swipes through her photo album at lightning speed.

From Literature

When Arco swipes his sister’s flying apparatus for a secret midnight soar, however, he falls into the year 2075 and a tech-dependent Earth world barely hanging on in the face of incessant weather disasters.

From Los Angeles Times