wipeout

or wipe-out

[ wahyp-out ]

/ ˈwaɪpˌaʊt /

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noun

Informal. destruction, annihilation, or murder.

Informal. (in sports) a decisive defeat.

a fall from a surfboard.

Slang. a total or complete failure: to suffer a wipeout in the stock market.

Slang. complete physical exhaustion.

Origin of wipeout

First recorded in 1920–25; noun use of verb phrase wipe out

Words nearby wipeout

wipe, wipe off the map, wipe out, wipe the slate clean, wiped-out, wipeout, wiper, wipo, wiradjuri, wire, wire brush

Definition for wipe out (2 of 2)

wipe

[ wahyp ]

/ waɪp /

verb (used with object), wiped, wip·ing.

to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth.

to rub or draw (something) over a surface, as in cleaning or drying.

to remove by rubbing with or on something (usually followed by away, off, out, etc.): Wipe the dirt off your shoes. Wipe the dust from the pictures.

to remove as if by rubbing (usually followed by away, off, etc.): Wipe that smile off your face!

to erase, as from existence or memory (often followed by from): to wipe a thought from one's mind.

to erase (magnetic tape, a recording, etc.)
to delete the entire contents and settings of (a digital storage device, mobile device, etc.):She remotely wiped her computer after it was stolen.

Plumbing.

to apply (solder in a semifluid state) by spreading with leather or cloth over the part to be soldered.
to form (a joint) in this manner.

Machinery. (of a rotating shaft or the like) to melt the brasses of (a bearing) through friction.

Australian Slang. to refuse to have anything to do with; reject; dismiss.

noun

an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.

a rub, as of one thing over another.

Also called wipe-off. Movies. a technique in film editing by which the projected image of a scene appears to be pushed or wiped off the screen by the image that follows.

a piece of absorbent material, as of paper or cloth, used for wiping.

a sweeping stroke or blow.

a gibe.

Machinery. wiper(def 5).

Slang. a handkerchief.

Verb Phrases

wipe out,

to destroy completely; demolish: The entire city was wiped out.
Informal. to murder; kill: They wiped him out to keep him from testifying.
Slang. to beat decisively, as in sports.
Slang. (in sports) to be taken out of competition by a fall, accident, collision, etc.
Slang. to intoxicate or cause to become high, especially on narcotic drugs.

wipe up, to clean completely by wiping: to wipe up the mess on the floor.

Origin of wipe

before 1000; Middle English (v.), Old English wīpian; cognate with Old High German wīfan to wind round, Gothic weipan to crown; perhaps akin to Latin vibrāre to move to and fro

SYNONYMS FOR wipe

4 erase, eradicate, banish.

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British Dictionary definitions for wipe out (1 of 2)

wipe out

verb (adverb)

(tr) to destroy completely; eradicate

(tr) informal to murder or kill

(intr) to fall or jump off a surfboard or skateboard

noun wipeout

an act or instance of wiping out

the interference of one radio signal by another so that reception is impossible

British Dictionary definitions for wipe out (2 of 2)

wipe

/ (waɪp) /

verb (tr)

to rub (a surface or object) lightly, esp with (a cloth, hand, etc), as in removing dust, water, grime, etc

(usually foll by off, away, from, up, etc) to remove by or as if by rubbing lightly he wiped the dirt from his hands

to eradicate or cancel (a thought, memory, etc)

to erase a recording from (an audio or video tape)

Australian informal to abandon or reject (a person)

to apply (oil, grease, etc) by wiping

to form (a joint between two lead pipes) with solder or soft lead

wipe the floor with someone informal to defeat someone decisively

noun

the act or an instance of wiping

(in film editing) an effect causing the transition from one scene to the next in which the image of the first scene appears to be wiped off the screen by that of the second

dialect a sweeping blow or stroke

British dialect a gibe or jeer

obsolete a slang name for handkerchief

Word Origin for wipe

Old English wīpian, related to Middle Low German wīpen, wīp bundle (of cloth), Old High German wīffa, wīfan to wind, Gothic weipan to wreathe

Idioms and Phrases with wipe out (1 of 2)

wipe out

Destroy, as in The large chains are wiping out the independent bookstores. Originally put simply as wipe, the idiom acquired out in the first half of the 1800s.

Kill; also, murder. For example, The entire crew was wiped out in the plane crash, or The gangsters threatened to wipe him and his family out. [Late 1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with wipe out (2 of 2)

wipe

In addition to the idioms beginning with wipe

wipe off the map
wipe out
wipe the slate clean

also see:

mop up (wipe) the floor with
settle (wipe out) an old score

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wipeout

or wipe-out

noun

Origin of wipeout

Words nearby wipeout

Definition for wipe out (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), wiped, wip·ing.

noun

Verb Phrases

Origin of wipe

SYNONYMS FOR wipe

British Dictionary definitions for wipe out (1 of 2)

verb (adverb)

noun wipeout

British Dictionary definitions for wipe out (2 of 2)

verb (tr)

noun

Word Origin for wipe

Idioms and Phrases with wipe out (1 of 2)

Idioms and Phrases with wipe out (2 of 2)

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Learning

wipeout

or wipe-out

noun

Origin of wipeout

Words nearby wipeout

Definition for wipe out (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), wiped, wip·ing.

noun

Verb Phrases

Origin of wipe

SYNONYMS FOR wipe

Words related to wipe out

British Dictionary definitions for wipe out (1 of 2)

verb (adverb)

noun wipeout

British Dictionary definitions for wipe out (2 of 2)

verb (tr)

noun

Word Origin for wipe

Idioms and Phrases with wipe out (1 of 2)

Idioms and Phrases with wipe out (2 of 2)