Crossword clues for wiping
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wipe \Wipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Wiping.] [OE. vipen, AS. w[=i]pian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one's self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.]
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To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.
Let me wipe thy face.
--Shak.I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
--2 Kings xxi. 13. -
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively. ``To wipe out our ingratitude.''
--Shak.Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.
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To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out. [Obs.]
--Spenser.If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods.
--Robynson (More's Utopia)To wipe a joint (Plumbing), 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 wipe the nose of, to cheat. [Old Slang]
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act by which something is wiped. 2 Material wiped off something. vb. (present participle of wipe English)
Wikipedia
Wiping, also known as junking, is a colloquial term for action taken by radio and television production and broadcasting companies, in which old audiotapes, videotapes, and telerecordings ( kinescopes), are erased, reused, or destroyed. Although the practice was once very common, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, wiping is now practiced much less frequently. Older video and audio formats took up much more storage space than modern digital video or audio files, making their retention more costly, thus increasing the incentive of discarding existing broadcast material to recover storage space for newer programmes.
The advent of domestic audiovisual playback technology (e.g., videocassette and DVD) has made wiping less beneficial, with broadcasters and production houses realizing both the economic and cultural value of keeping archived material for both rebroadcast and potential profits through release on home video.
Usage examples of "wiping".
Brianna followed, wiping her hands on her skirt and looking pleased with herself.
She swallowed and ran a hand beneath her nose, wiping away a pendant drop.
Jamie rubbed a sleeve over his face, wiping off the sheen of moisture that clung to his bones.
He reached out and took one of the half-dried clean clouts from a bush, carelessly wiping his face with it.
One shoulder rose as he shrugged, and he shifted Jemmy to his other arm, wiping residual drool from his hand against the side of his breeches.
Jamie dropped his arms and stepped back, wiping his knuckles beneath his nose.
He drained the cup deliberately, then set it down on the stone bench, wiping his lips on the back of his hand.
With a final gulp of air, he straightened, wiping away the wet hair plastered over his face.
He drained it in a gulp and sighed, wiping sweat from his face with a coat-sleeve.
He then retired into the offing and took off his mask, wiping the sweat of righteous labor from his brow and looking pleased with himself.
He coughed again, wiping spittle from his mouth with the back of his hand.
Duff exclaimed, finally standing back and wiping a sleeve happily under his nose.
I stood back, wiping my eyes, to look at him, and a cold nose nudged my hand, making me utter another small shriek.
I nodded at the beer, which he promptly offered to me with a courtly gesture, wiping the neck of the jug on his sleeve.
He glanced toward the window, cozily shuttered for the night, and I noticed suddenly that he had taken down his fowling piece from over the hearth and was absently wiping the spotless barrel with an oily rag.