<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth.</li><li>to rub or draw (something) over a surface, as in cleaning or drying.</li><li>to remove by rubbing with or on something (usually followed by away, off, out, etc.): Wipe the dirt off your shoes. Wipe the dust from the pictures.</li><li>to remove as if by rubbing (usually followed by away, off, etc.): Wipe that smile off your face!</li><li>to erase, as from existence or memory (often followed by from): to wipe a thought from one's mind.</li><li>to erase (magnetic tape, a recording, etc.).</li><li>to delete the entire contents and settings of (a digital storage device, mobile device, etc.): She remotely wiped her computer after it was stolen.</li><li>Plumbing: to apply (solder in a semifluid state) by spreading with leather or cloth over the part to be soldered.</li><li>to form (a joint) in this manner.</li><li>Machinery: (of a rotating shaft or the like) to melt the brasses of (a bearing) through friction.</li><li>Australian Slang: to refuse to have anything to do with; reject; dismiss.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>(in a video game) to suffer a defeat in which all cooperative player characters in a group are killed: After hours in that dungeon, our group wiped and we had to start again from the beginning.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.</li><li>a rub, as of one thing over another.</li><li>Also called wipe-off.</li><li>Movies: a technique in film editing by which the projected image of a scene appears to be pushed or wiped off the screen by the image that follows.</li><li>a piece of absorbent material, as of paper or cloth, used for wiping.</li><li>a sweeping stroke or blow.</li><li>a gibe.</li><li>Machinery: wiper (def 5).</li><li>(in a video game) a defeat in which all cooperative player characters in a group are killed: a total party wipe.</li><li>Slang: a handkerchief.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to destroy completely; demolish: The entire city was wiped out.</li><li>Informal: to murder; kill: They wiped him out to keep him from testifying.</li><li>Slang: to beat decisively, as in sports.</li><li>Slang: (in sports) to be taken out of competition by a fall, accident, collision, etc.</li><li>Slang: to intoxicate or cause to become high, especially on narcotic drugs.</li><li>to clean completely by wiping: to wipe up the mess on the floor.</li></ul>