swipe
/swɑɪp/ n [C] (HIT)Definition
› a sideways movement of the arm in an attempt to hit something: No one took a swipe at the ball or tried to knock it away from me. fig. Thomas took a swipe at his competitors (= criticized them).
(Definition of swipe n (HIT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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