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wiped

/waɪpt/

wiped is the simple past and past participle of wipe.

Meaning of wipe

Verb

wipe (third-person singular simple present wipes, present participle wiping, simple past and past participle wiped)

  1. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
    • Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.
  2. (transitive) To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
    • You've wiped grease all over your shirt.
  3. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
    • Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  4. (ambitransitive) To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
    • I had nothing to wipe my bum with.
  5. (transitive) To erase.
    • I accidentally wiped my hard drive.
  6. (transitive) 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.

See all 20 meanings of wipe

Adjective

wiped (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Very tired.
    • At the end of a stream, Piker is pretty wiped. He calls this time “the dead zone” — usually he just eats dinner and crashes.2026 August 9, Josh Eells, “Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2026

Phrases with wiped

Words that rhyme with wiped

Questions about wiped

What does wiped mean?
Wiped means very tired.
What is wiped the simple past and past participle of?
Wiped is the simple past and past participle of wipe.
What part of speech is wiped?
Wiped is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wiped?
Wiped is pronounced /waɪpt/.

Words near wiped in the dictionary

  1. wipe-outs
  2. wipeability
  3. wipeable
  4. wipebreech
  5. wipebreeches
  6. wiped
  7. wiped away
  8. wiped down
  9. wiped off
  10. wiped oneself
  11. wiped out

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