wiping
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Definitions ofwiping
- To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
Example: "I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand."
- To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
- To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
- To erase.
Example: "I accidentally wiped my hard drive."
- To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- To remove an expression from one's face.
Example: "You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in."
- To deperm (a ship).
- To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
Example: "If you try to fight that boss underprepared, you're definitely gonna wipe."
- The act by which something is wiped.
Example: "multiple wipings of a computer's hard disk"
- Material wiped off something.
Example: "analysis of wipings taken from a suspect's hands"
- A thrashing.
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