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swipe right

swipe right verb: to choose to accept something.

Verb

swipe right (third-person singular simple present swipes right, present participle swiping right, simple past and past participle swiped right)

  1. (informal) To choose to accept something.
    Antonyms:
    swipe left

Antonyms of swipe right

Forms of swipe right

third-person singular presentswipes right
present participleswiping right
past participleswiped right
pastswiped right

Origin of swipe right

In reference to Tinder (app), a software program for computer dating; users accept or reject potential matches by respectively swiping right or left on a touchscreen.

Questions about swipe right

What does swipe right mean?
Swipe right means to choose to accept something.
What part of speech is swipe right?
Swipe right is a verb.
What is the past tense of swipe right?
The past tense of swipe right is swiped right.

Words near swipe right in the dictionary

  1. swipe card
  2. swipe cards
  3. swipe file
  4. swipe files
  5. swipe left
  6. swipe right
  7. swipe-tab
  8. swipeable
  9. swipecard
  10. swipecards
  11. swiped

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