wiper
US/ˈwaɪpɚ/
wiper noun: someone who wipes.
Noun (1)
wiper (plural wipers)
- Someone who wipes.
- So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!1842, Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”, in Dramatic Lyrics
- Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
- Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
- Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times
- A movable electric contact in some devices.
- A program or process that erases data.
- A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
- An impertinent young man.
- I ask you now, ain't honesty a-written on my feechurs? / I say the wiper should be scorched who'd rob his feller-creatures.1876, George Staunton Brodie, Vagrant Verses: And a Play, page 163
Noun (2)
wiper (countable and uncountable, plural wipers)
- A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.
- As is the customary method for catching wipers at Keith Sebelius Reservoir, the trio was trolling with crank baits.1983, Kansas Fish, Game Commission, “Fishing”, in Kansas Wildlife, page 16
- M. saxatilis X M. chrysops hybrids (wipers) are difficult to distinguish, showing intermediacy from parental types in basihyal tooth formation2013 January 23, Texas State University San Marcos Department of Biology, “Morone saxatilis”, in Texas Freshwater Fishes, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2021
wiper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wiper in Hindi
- something designed for wiping
- कछना kachnā, कछनी kachnī
wiper in Tamil
- துடைப்பி, துடைப்பான், ஒற்றி, தடவி, துடைப்பாளி, துடைதுண்டு
wiper in Marathi
- someone who wipes
- पुसणारा pusṇārā, पुसणारी pusṇārī
wiper in Urdu
- جھاڑن, پوچھنی
More languagesFewer languages
- wiper in Kannada
- ಒರೆಸುಕ
- wiper in Gujarati
- લુછણિયું luchṇiyũ
- wiper in Arabic
- مِمْسَحَة mimsaḥa, مِمْسَح mimsaḥ
Examples of wiper in a sentence
- I thought the windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging.
- A leaflet had been left under the car's windshield wiper.
- Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth.
Forms of wiper
| plural | wipers |
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Origin of wiper
From wipe + -er.
From white (bass) and striper.
Words formed from wiper
- pen wiper
- screen wiper
- windscreen wiper
- windshield wiper
- wiper wheel
Words that rhyme with wiper
Questions about wiper
- What does wiper mean?
- Wiper means someone who wipes.
- What is wiper in Hindi?
- Wiper in Hindi is कछना (kachnā), कछनी (kachnī). See Wiper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wiper?
- Wiper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wiper?
- Wiper is pronounced /ˈwaɪpɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of wiper?
- The plural of wiper is wipers.
Words near wiper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wiper (page history and authors); wiper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wiper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wiper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લુછણિયું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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